People who watch a lot of hor movies actually had better mental health during the pandemic, possibly because they have a lot of practice in fear regulation. There is some evidence to suggest that people with pre existing mental health conditions can be hurt by hor movies. But there is also now emerging, some evidence to suggesting that people with anxiety disorders actually get relief from watching hor movies. And maybe also the kind of practising of e coping skills, the emotion regulation expertses that you can develop through engagement with recreational fear.
Why do we like being scared? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the haunting effects of horror and recreational fear with horror scholar and author, Mathias Clasen, and neuroscientist, Heather Berlin, PhD.
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