Why we love to scare ourselves; the anatomy of fright

physorg.com — Dracula, Frankenstein, witches, ghosts and goblins are all around us at this time of year -- and Hollywood keeps them at our beck and call for the rest of the year as well. Scary movies allow us to experience the tonic of a good fright whenever we want one, but why do people seek out that experience? Oct 29, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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Why we love to scare ourselves; the anatomy of fright

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lbucha Oct 29, 2010

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I don't like it AT ALL.

amyvernon Oct 29, 2010

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The only problem is when I then have to go into the basement. I worry I might trip running up the stairs to escape the demons or monsters or serial killers. That would suck.

rufioho Oct 29, 2010

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man I haven't watched a scary movie since the ring, thing freaked me out like crazy. Had bad dreams, couldn't sleep. After that, I said.. no more scary movies

absolutelytrue Oct 29, 2010

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I don't scare easy, but once when I was trick-or-treating as a child a prop ghost dropped out of a tree inches in front of my face and startled me so bad I couldn't breathe. Not fair.. I just wanted the freakin' candy, man. I didn't sign up for that.

chroniccolonic Oct 29, 2010

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...this one time I was scared s**tless. Now I wish I would be that scared all the time. I dislike s**tting.

xyrx Oct 29, 2010

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I have general anxiety disorder, which means I worry almost obsessively about... well... everything. I would give good money to go just a week WITHOUT any fear.