How horror movies can help people overcome real- world trauma

     This article is about using exposure therapy to overcome yours fears. By watching scary movies, one can face their fear of death or tragedies. This is a coping strategy for people and it has positive effects on the mind. The article says, " Notably, a recent study of more than 300 people shows that horror fans are faring much better psychologically than non-fans during the emotionally draining months of the COVID-19 pandemic." By processing the fear from horror movies, our minds are getting complete exposure to that fear. The more one watches a scary movies or see a fear of theirs, they can slowly start to forget about that fear.

Wouldn't watching a scary movie make the fear worse?  It doesn't make it worse because as your brain sees this phobia or fear, it gets used to it over time. 

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/10/how-horror-movies-can-help-overcome-trauma-and-relieve-stress/#close

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  1. AnonymousNovember 19, 2020 at 6:17 AM

    I think that this is very interesting. I have watched a lot of horror movies because they never really scared me. One thing though is that I have a fear of the dark. Maybe If I watch more horror movies I will be less scared of the dark. Lol.

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