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Zašto je gledanje hororaca jako zdravo i poželjno?

Horror teaches you to cope

In addition to giving you a playbook of sorts, experts say watching horror movies can help you practice coping strategies. “I think people who watch them a lot are learning how to deal with uncertainty and suspense and anxiety,” says Scrivner. He recently co-authored a study that shows horror fans are more resilient and less psychologically distressed than non-horror fans in the face of today’s Covid-19 pandemic—likely because of their well-honed coping skills.

“We think what’s going on is that horror fans are essentially building a toolkit for how to deal with feeling anxious or afraid,” says Scrivner. “Because that’s exactly what you do when you’re watching a horror movie. You regulate your emotions such that you’re in a sweet spot for feeling afraid but also having fun.”

It makes you think you’re different than the victim—and therefore more likely to survive 

By watching victims in horror movies make obvious mistakes—like that old chestnut “going back in the house”—you’re able to convince yourself that, if presented with the same situation, you’d manage to survive.

“There’s always one of those scenes where the intended victim manages to disable the perpetrator and then they start walking away really slowly and turn their back,” says Jordan. That’s when you might find yourself yelling at the screen (because, duh, the killer is going to get back up!)—and it’s not just because shouting during a horror movie adds to the fun of it.

“I think there’s that part of us that’s trying to say, ‘That would never happen to me,’” explains Jordan. “‘Here are all the ways that I would respond differently.’” For example, you’d hide better, think quicker, and never, ever trip while running in the woods.

“It’s sort of like if you read an article in the newspaper about somebody being killed in a crime that happened at 4:30 in the morning and you say to yourself, ‘That would never happen to me because I would never be out at 4:30 in the morning,’” says Levin. “It’s magical thinking. It’s how we separate ourselves from our fear of terrible things happening to us.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Zašto je gledanje hororaca jako zdravo i poželjno?

Horror teaches you to cope

In addition to giving you a playbook of sorts, experts say watching horror movies can help you practice coping strategies. “I think people who watch them a lot are learning how to deal with uncertainty and suspense and anxiety,” says Scrivner. He recently co-authored a study that shows horror fans are more resilient and less psychologically distressed than non-horror fans in the face of today’s Covid-19 pandemic—likely because of their well-honed coping skills.

“We think what’s going on is that horror fans are essentially building a toolkit for how to deal with feeling anxious or afraid,” says Scrivner. “Because that’s exactly what you do when you’re watching a horror movie. You regulate your emotions such that you’re in a sweet spot for feeling afraid but also having fun.”

It makes you think you’re different than the victim—and therefore more likely to survive 

By watching victims in horror movies make obvious mistakes—like that old chestnut “going back in the house”—you’re able to convince yourself that, if presented with the same situation, you’d manage to survive.

“There’s always one of those scenes where the intended victim manages to disable the perpetrator and then they start walking away really slowly and turn their back,” says Jordan. That’s when you might find yourself yelling at the screen (because, duh, the killer is going to get back up!)—and it’s not just because shouting during a horror movie adds to the fun of it.

“I think there’s that part of us that’s trying to say, ‘That would never happen to me,’” explains Jordan. “‘Here are all the ways that I would respond differently.’” For example, you’d hide better, think quicker, and never, ever trip while running in the woods.

“It’s sort of like if you read an article in the newspaper about somebody being killed in a crime that happened at 4:30 in the morning and you say to yourself, ‘That would never happen to me because I would never be out at 4:30 in the morning,’” says Levin. “It’s magical thinking. It’s how we separate ourselves from our fear of terrible things happening to us.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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