Can I just throw in that a lot of bad things can happen, a lot of people can die without it literally being "the end of the world". I agree and sympathize with OP that I have also felt this way for a while.

There are a lot of earthquakes hitting every single day, the pacific rim is lit up. the sun is more active than ever before. animals are dropping dead, beaching themselves, falling out of the sky. you cannot deny all these seemingly random events could be the early signs of something more catostrophic.

I think most people understand this is not literally the end of our physical planet. However being realistic, much of the Earth's population lives along coastlines and they are appearing more unstable with each passing week.