Just then, you feel the creature light on your forearm and you immediately glance downward. But to your surprise, the insect is not there. You merely imagined that you had been invaded. You listened to the sounds of the night, wondering if the dream was based on reality. An hour later you concluded that no one was actually there.
Emotions are powerful forces within the human mind.
Fear, especially, has a remarkable way of generating evidence to support itself. Even the young and the brave experience such deception. My good friend, Steve Smith, won a bronze star for courage in Vietnam combat. However, the first night his unit arrived in the war torn country was not to be remembered for remarkable valor. His company had never seen actual combat, and the men were terrified.