You’re about to get on a plane. Your seat is in row 13. Are you slightly anxious? Nonplussed? Or is 13 actually your lucky number? As it turns out, superstition really is everywhere. While we don’t always like to admit it, Carly Dober, a psychologist from Enriching Lives Psychology, says it’s pretty common to have a few of them.
“Superstitions are about the need for control, which is a very human and normal response to stressors that might be outside of