You know when you have a hunch - that gut feeling telling you something is up? Well, listen to it! It’s usually not wrong, especially in a self-defense situation. That’s your primordial defense mechanisms at work trying to keep you safe. All to often our “learned brain” rationalizes and thinks to much and pushes this hunch down, and thereby, exposes you to a possible threat.
Pay attention to those hunches. Keep your head on a swivel. It may just keep you alive.