Crisis fatigue. The boy who cried wolf syndrome. I think it plays a part, I would love to know for sure. Such things are often impossible to know, but it's not impossible to realize that there are things that are unknown. Although, it seems like this is quite difficult for most people...uncertainty seems to make the human mind behave erratically.

Regardless, if true, we made our bed, now we get to sleep in it. As you sow, so shall you reap.