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Why narrowly avoiding disaster can create more anxiety than relief

The mudslide destroyed our neighbor's house but missed ours by twenty feet and now I feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Close calls with catastrophe shatter our illusion of safety rather than confirming our protection.

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