Here’s a NYT article about how our sense of risk sometimes outweighs the reality. It leans on David Ropeik, author of How Risky Is It Really? Haven’t read it yet, but it sounds like it could be helpful–or completely unhelpful–for some anxiety sufferers. From the flap:
International risk expert David Ropeik takes an in-depth look at our perceptions of risk and explains the hidden factors that make us unnecessarily afraid of relatively small threats and not afraid enough of some really big ones. This read is a comprehensive, accessible, and entertaining mixture of what’s been discovered about how and why we fear—too much or too little. It brings into focus the danger of The Perception Gap: when our fears don’t match the facts, and we make choices that create additional risks.