Some folks with nervousness discover horror motion pictures useful. The movies can focus their minds in a managed atmosphere that they’ll overcome.
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Some folks with nervousness discover horror motion pictures useful. The movies can focus their minds in a managed atmosphere that they’ll overcome.
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In human historical past, concern stored us protected. It helped us flee from predators. Nervousness made us cautious of potential risks — like venturing right into a recognized lion-infested space.
However what occurs when these emotions get out of hand in people at present? And why do a few of us crave that feeling from scary motion pictures or haunted homes?
For solutions, we speak to Arash Javanbakht, a psychiatrist from Wayne State College. He likes finding out concern a lot he wrote a complete ebook referred to as Afraid. On this episode, Javanbakht will get into the variations between concern and nervousness, most of the causes folks really feel afraid and why issues like scary motion pictures might 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.
