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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2026 · 2 MIN

The Intensity Trap_ Why Everything Feels Like Too Much

from Conspiracy Theories Exploring The Unseen · host Michael Fortune

Have you ever felt like the world is moving faster, getting angrier, and becoming more dangerous, even on a day when nothing particularly bad has happened to you? You are not alone. There is a strange, shared sensation that everything today feels more extreme. This isn't necessarily because the world has suddenly turned upside down, but rather because our brains are being pushed to their absolute limits. At the core of this feeling is something psychologists call negativity bias. Evolutionarily speaking, our ancestors survived by obsessing over threats. If you focused on the rustle in the bushes, you lived. Today, that survival mechanism is being hijacked. Our modern news cycles and digital environments feed us constant, high-stakes information, and our brains react as if we are facing immediate physical danger, making the world feel far more volatile than it statistically is. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/conspiracy-theories-exploring-the-unseen--5194379/support.

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