I quite frequently have “what if” thoughts. This isn’t uncommon, most people would have them. But I probably have them more than the average person. There are lots of trees outside my bedroom window and my house is not what one would call a “quiet house”, despite knowing this, whenever I hear a sound as I’m trying to sleep, my mind invariably goes to “what would happen if someone came into the house and attacked me? Dad is up the other end of the house and I would probably be dead before he would hear me scream”. Yes, my mind [...]