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I used to feel that way, but I moved to a big city and I grew out of it. I mean I'm always on alert, but more in a "best practices" way, I'm not terrified that somebody's gonna come up behind me I'm just aware that it's a very low possibility.
Maybe pay less attention to the news, and more attention to your surroundings. The news only reports when there are stabbings (for example), not where there AREN'T stabbings. If they news reported every interaction where somebody DIDN'T get stabbed, I mean, you'd never even notice the stabbings.
Instead, look around you and see that everybody around you are just other people living their lives and also not wanting to be stabbed. Like I said, this helps when you live in a densely populated area because you get such a larger sample.