The Mayan calendar predicts that December 21, 2012 will be doomsday and the world will come to an end. This has been sending some Doomsday preppers into packing mode, but many Mayans living in Mexico today don't believe that the world is coming to an end.
A recent survey found more than 6 million Americans expect Thursday to be their last full day on Earth, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Clinical psychologist Scott Bea of the Cleveland Clinic, said this is all about the "fear of the unknown," rather than the world coming to an end.
"Some people really respond with fear to uncertainty- things they can't predict," Bea said. "There are media reports of cataclysms: tsunamis, things of that nature that get people guessing at the end of the world. Now you add the Mayan calendar thing, which may be misinterpreted by many, and this just fuels the fire for people who are anxious about these sorts of things. "
Meanwhile, Mayans themselves are having a hard time believing that the world will end in 2012, at least the ones living in the city of Merida, Mexico, according to CNN.
"Lots of people say it's the end of the world, but we don't believe that," said wood carver Santos Esteban in Yaxuna.
For those less optimistic than the Mayans, an "official" website in the United States has collected links to all the doom articles and videos Internet users can consume.
December212012.com also offers tips on survival and advertisements for the needed gear -- from gas masks to first aid kits and hand-crank radios. Comments are welcome on its Facebook page, which has over 14,000 likes, and website owner "John" from near Louisville, Kentucky, sends out tweets under the handle @December212012.
