We are not alone. If the truth be told, it is we who are the majority, and it is we who are normal. In fact, fear itself, once you understand it, can be okay. It can save your life. Fear, though, is not anxiety.
Fear is what kept our primitive ancestors alive in a hostile world.
They had no time to wonder or ponder. Adrenaline flooded their bloodstreams, adding speed, energy, and strength. Their veins and arteries constricted simultaneously to slow the bleeding if they were wounded. Their pulses quickened, their bodily defenses stiffened. It is anxiety, a response not to danger itself but to anticipated danger.