[toufiqbarhamov]

It’s faith, and a means to comfort and insulate oneself against a seeming impotence in the face of the unknown. The other alternatives are denial, or acceptance, the latter of which takes some real psychological fortitude. Prepping comes with communities of the faithful, rituals like practicing bugging out, and paraphernalia like bug out bags, gas masks, etc. When something looks irrational, involves a lot of faith, and takes on the appearence of ritual it’s helpful to think of that thing in religious terms.