Day 151 - The Monster in the Closet

It seems from a young age, we humans have a remarkable ability to catastrophize. Our minds take something uncertain or unknown and paint it as something much bigger, scarier, and more dangerous than it actually is. Perhaps this is an evolutionary trait—a survival mechanism designed to keep us alert to potential dangers. But as useful as that instinct may have been when avoiding predators on the savannah, in modern life, it often works against us.