Did your parents fear monger you about the apocalypse?

My parents made me deathly afraid when I was younger. I heard about how things would get extremely bad and I believed them. They would stock up food and stuff and say things like people are out to get you and it seemed like I was never safe (on top of not feeling safe anyway- from them). It was strange to me though because they’d buy food but never replace it after it expired. They thought food lasted much longer than the expiration date. They still have food that’s five to ten years old. But anyways they would stay stuff like someone could easily break into the house and come and get you. I’d have nightmares so much when I was little. I just don’t get why they would do this. None of the stuff was even true but they still say it all the time. Is it just a part of their control? With wanting you to be fearful? I mean I do understand that bad things do happen but I felt like they went to the extreme with it. Also when they would say it, it felt like I was on my own. Like they didn’t want to help. Giving lots of stuff to do but like this is what ‘you’ have to do rather than like working together and idk helping one another.