London Terrorism fueling my anxiety

[MrDanny]

I don't want to add triggers. We can't think about "what if", that is what anxiety does to us. I can get in a car accident on the interstate, I can have a heart attack, anything in life can cause our death. You can't stop living because of it. I don't recall terrorist striking the same area twice.

Reading this helped tbh (i have had similar thoughts about what ifs etc, not the recent terrorist attacks) i guess sometimes you just need that reality check, so thanks.

[MyNameIsTerry]

Reading this helped tbh (i have had similar thoughts about what ifs etc, not the recent terrorist attacks) i guess sometimes you just need that reality check, so thanks.

Exactly. Here is some based on my city (SOT) which is a lot smaller than Manchester and London.

Violent Crime North Central South
Oct 2016 305 298 219
Nov 2016 297 304 212
Dec 2016 304 295 201
Jan 2017 325 344 217
Feb 2017 247 296 208
Mar 2017 353 310 252

I live in the South constituency. Violent offences in my constituency alone dwarf terrorism per year at a national level.

[GaryP]

Well this is certainly a real threat, so probably a natural response, however it's the fight or flight problem again. I am the same, I can't stop thinking of the future because I don't know what's going to happen, therefore I worry about worst case scenarios, and usually it's never the case.

It might be a good idea to take steps required to avoid areas you believe to be a threat to terrorism. I think it's a legitimate reason to feel that way. It's something we can't control, so I don't know.

[phil06]

I go on holiday soon not keen due to all this.

I was planning another city break in September but again due to all this going on in Europe I wonder where is a safe place to be?

[Hollow]

I go on holiday soon not keen due to all this.

I was planning another city break in September but again due to all this going on in Europe I wonder where is a safe place to be?

In a mosque probably.

[unsure_about_this]

I been to London in 2013 and yes it a wonderful city. I have been to a lot of places in the world where I felt more in danger Egypt, Tunisia and several more islands in the Caribbean even though this was on a cruise St Lucia, Barbados and Jamaica, also we took in Colombia last year.
I know it scared I am scare everytime I go sometimes especially going on a train.

[FrankT]

It feels like there's an attack a week now. I spent all of Friday worrying about when and where their next attack would be. Of course, I get the feeling that the last two attacks were politically motivated, given they happened during an electoral campaign. All the same, though...

[KK77]

In a mosque probably.

Nope. They're Islamists, not Muslims...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...-a7504606.html

[Gotagetthroughthis]

These events are designed to cause maximum fear in people and the media is doing a good job in making sure this happens. I would say don't believe everything you see on the news or just stop watching it altogether.

This.

Half of the stuff you see on the mainstream news is lies. Half of these events are false flags/fake with no one actually being injured.

[phil06]

Something happened in Brussels now

Going there on holiday soon so not good