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    Effects of Watching Scary Films

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    Watching scary films can cause anxiety, sleeplessness, and fear in both children and adults. Effects include lingering anxiety that may continue into adulthood, sleeplessness and nightmares for weeks or months after viewing, and a fear of darkness or death. Viewers may also develop phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder from disturbing images, though experts say PTSD usually stems from real-life trauma. While scary movies can desensitize regular viewers to violence, they may also cause behavioral changes if viewers believe violence is an acceptable response or make them more easily startled. To avoid negative impacts, people should watch with others rather than alone and remind themselves it's just a movie.

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    Watching scary films can cause anxiety, sleeplessness, and fear in both children and adults. Effects include lingering anxiety that may continue into adulthood, sleeplessness and nightmares for weeks or months after viewing, and a fear of darkness or death. Viewers may also develop phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder from disturbing images, though experts say PTSD usually stems from real-life trauma. While scary movies can desensitize regular viewers to violence, they may also cause behavioral changes if viewers believe violence is an acceptable response or make them more easily startled. To avoid negative impacts, people should watch with others rather than alone and remind themselves it's just a movie.

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    Watching scary films can cause anxiety, sleeplessness, and fear in both children and adults. Effects include lingering anxiety that may continue into adulthood, sleeplessness and nightmares for weeks or months after viewing, and a fear of darkness or death. Viewers may also develop phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder from disturbing images, though experts say PTSD usually stems from real-life trauma. While scary movies can desensitize regular viewers to violence, they may also cause behavioral changes if viewers believe violence is an acceptable response or make them more easily startled. To avoid negative impacts, people should watch with others rather than alone and remind themselves it's just a movie.

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    Effects of Watching Scary Films

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    Watching scary films can cause anxiety, sleeplessness, and fear in both children and adults. Effects include lingering anxiety that may continue into adulthood, sleeplessness and nightmares for weeks or months after viewing, and a fear of darkness or death. Viewers may also develop phobias or post-traumatic stress disorder from disturbing images, though experts say PTSD usually stems from real-life trauma. While scary movies can desensitize regular viewers to violence, they may also cause behavioral changes if viewers believe violence is an acceptable response or make them more easily startled. To avoid negative impacts, people should watch with others rather than alone and remind themselves it's just a movie.

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    Effects Of Watching Scary Films

     
    Anxiety
    A visible effect of horror movies on both children and adults is anxiety. It is
    characterized as a long-term effect on children, which may even linger into their
    adulthood.
     
    Sleeplessness
    An immediate psychological effect of scary movies on the minds of people is lack of
    sleep. The person may be unable to sleep through the night for few days, even months
    after watching the movie. He/she may need to use a nightlight while sleeping. The
    thoughts of the horrifying characters of the horror movie and the situations may haunt
    him/her, leading to sleepless nights. This condition last for a week to even a year.
    People tend to develop Insomnia and nightmares; though insomnia might be harmless,
    repeated occurrence of nightmares might lead to chronic insomnia which in turn
    affects the mental and physical health. 
     
    Fear
    The hangover of horror movie is largely characterized by a fear. The person may
    become afraid of the darkness, or cling to the companion while sleeping. He/she may
    cry, scream, tremble, shake or even nauseate, if the horror film has really scared
    him/her. Fear of losing control, fear of dying are also associated with the horror
    movies.
     
    Phobia
    As a result of watching the situations portrayed in the horror movie, the person may
    develop a phobia towards animals such as mammals, insects, reptiles, fire, flood,
    water, blood/injection/injury or height and enclosed spaces. He/she may get disturbed
    by loud noises or horrible faces.
     
    Mental Trauma
    People generally tend to develop a mental trauma after viewing some of the disturbing
    images. Post-traumatic stress disorders are very common among people though
    experts argue that these people undergo sufferings from real life events. The problem
    is that if a person develops post-traumatic stress disorder after watching a movie, they
    are not able to draw a fine line between reality and fiction. Horror movie buffs should
    frame their minds in such a way that their mind is mentally stable. Otherwise, this
    might lead to a state of depression.
     
    Behavioral Changes
    People who watch a horror movie which includes bloody scenes in it have the chances
    of getting affected by the violence and horror of the movie which in turn transforms
    the behavior of the person. They go on to believe that violence can sometimes be used
    to resolve a conflict. It also makes a negative impact to the reflex changes of a person.
    Such people get shocked when faced with such a situation.
     
    Desensitization
    Watching a horror movie has some advantages too. Watching them on a regular basis
    tends to desensitize a person to violence which creates an impact on the behavior of
    the person. They become less startled when they face tough situations in real life as
    they are used to such anxious situations. These movies also become an effective tool
    to treat fears and phobias. While therapists search for a way to desensitize a person
    from fears and anxieties, this can be a perfect platform for such treatments.
     
    Tips To Avoid The Negative Impacts Of Watching A Horror Movie
     Try avoiding horror movies, which are based on a real-life story. Realization
    that something of this kind occurred in real life is only going to worsen the
    situation. However, remember that even true stories are presented in an
    exaggerated manner in films.
     Always watch horror movies along with family members or with someone
    around; don’t watch horror movies alone.
     Try convincing your mind that it is just a movie, the people in it are actors and
    the situations in the movie are made to scare you. All the horror scenes presented
    in the movie are special effects.
    Try watching the movie with a cheerful song in the background; indulging in other
    minimal activities such as working on a laptop distracts you from the fear that is
    trying to overcome you. This changes the mood of the entire situation and you may
    even find the scenes funny rather than scary.

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