I think the problem is you carry for so long that it just becomes part of you. Just like your wallet, keys, phone etc. to you it's just another item you always carry. Dont even think about it. It's not dangerous or deadly any more than your phone. It's normal and everyday and you forget society doesn't see it as normal, to them guns are big bad killers.
I've carried a pistol since i was 16 years old mostly for snakes when i was younger. In the summer i always had a Ruger single six .22 in a holster on my hip. Except for a year in Korea and when on base while in the army. Even then most times it was in the car or truck. I never got a CCW until a few years after moving to Ohio. To me it's just a normal part of what I carry phone, pocket knife, cigarettes, keys and pistol.