your past trauma or secondary traumatization (results from being exposed to the stories of trauma victims) may be a reason. but you could just be watching too much tv news or just be paranoid or have obsessive thoughts.

do you have a therapist to talk this over with? i hope you do. (((((((safe huggs))))))))

i'm scared of strangers. i've just started putting up a barracade in front of our front door at night to feel safe. i think getting an alarm would help.