Some individuals with anxiousness discover horror films useful. The movies can focus their minds in a managed setting that they will overcome.
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Some individuals with anxiousness discover horror films useful. The movies can focus their minds in a managed setting that they will overcome.
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In human historical past, concern stored us secure. It helped us flee from predators. Nervousness made us cautious of potential risks — like venturing right into a identified lion-infested space.
However what occurs when these emotions get out of hand in people right this moment? And why do a few of us crave that feeling from scary films or haunted homes?
For solutions, we speak to Arash Javanbakht, a psychiatrist from Wayne State College. He likes learning concern a lot he wrote an entire e-book referred to as Afraid. On this episode, Javanbakht will get into the variations between concern and anxiousness, most of the causes individuals really feel afraid and why issues like scary films may even be therapeutic.
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This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson, edited by Rebecca Ramirez and fact-checked by Tyler Jones. Simon-Laslo Janssen was the audio engineer.
