Fear of Terrorist Attacks in Germany? What You Can Do.
Jameda.de asked me to explain from a professional perspective how to deal with the fear of terrorist attacks.
After the attacks in Paris and Brussels, BKA chief Holger Muench warned that Germany was in the crosshairs of terrorists. Since the turn of the millennium, eleven potential attacks in Germany have been foiled – spread over more than 16 years, that amounts to roughly one per year.
Fear is always an occupation with the future. But this future does not actually exist. We live exclusively in the present. If you focus on the present moment, you will notice that you are safe – as long as there is no actual threat.
Until a bomb goes off and hits me, I am safe. This realisation can help put the fear of hypothetical scenarios into perspective and redirect focus to the here and now.
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