And that's a healthy response. If you are hyper-vigilant all the time, you are not paying attention to your life.

When it's out of the ordinary or has a certain mystique about it and is in your face all the time, it's going to get your attention. The threat begins to feel more likely. But we need to question if that anxiety is appropriate.

Some of this is a diversion to keep your mind off what is really going to get you.