No. Your attitude doesn’t make people point guns at you. It doesn’t change the aerodynamics of a plane, or the transmissibility of a virus.
Safety is not a feeling; feeling safe is not being safe; you’re proving the point.
This was my thought too.
If you're walking home after dark, you might feel unsafe - but you could very well be at no real risk whatsoever. The internal feeling of danger could feel real, but it does not mean you were ever in harm's way at the time...
How can there not be a pool of water on the hot street if I see a pool of water on the hot street? How can the dress be blue and black when it looks white and gold? Dunno what to tell you man, perception is sometimes inaccurate but there are plenty of ways to compensate for it & figure things out.
Think of that trope of a white woman clutching her handbag for dear life in the elevator the moment a Black man steps in with them. That’s an example of being safe while feeling unsafe
You can be safe when you feel unsafe if you're afraid of something that isn't actually going to happen (or the chances of it happening are much lower than you feel they are)
It's not that hard.
Case in point: airline travel is far safer than traveling cars. One is objectively 'safe' in an airliner by any real measure.
But it 'feels' unsafe to people. While driving 'feels' safe, even when it isn't.
