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How horror fans and people who are morbidly curious are reacting to covid …
How horror fans and people who are morbidly curious are reacting to covid
More Prepared for Covid-19
Better Reactions to fear-packed events
Morbidly Curious
These people have better ways of coping with emotions in times like the pandemic
had a higher ability to predict the severity of the pandemic before the lock down
were mentally and physically prepared for the pandemic well before it even happened
handled being on lock down much better than people who aren't morbidly curious or interested in horror
Have a natural tendency to gather information about these types of situations
leads to lower psychological distress
better emotional regulation
more rational thinking processes
better suited to handle inherently "scary" events
attraction to fear related topics
likely to be better informed
better relations to unforeseen events
more likely to be more prepared in dangerous situations
heavily interested in human behavior, specifically in serial killers
helps people to feel better about their own struggles in life by seeing the struggles, pain, and hardships of others
triggers survival, instincts
Examples of topics
car crashes
serial killers
disturbing or scary events
true crime
death
purges negative thoughts
females
tend to be more curious towards dangerous people
people are drawn to dangerous individuals because of their lack of understanding as to why they act the way they do
tend to be more curious of dangerous events
stimulates empathy
males
tend to be more curious towards violence
more drawn to the thrill and suspense rather than the violence itself
exposing ourselves to horrible things gives us a confidence boost and pride in knowing we didn't "chicken out"
Horror fans
Horor Genre
Examples of Movies
Contagion
Spike in popularity in March/April of 2020, beginning of covid-19
Personally made me think and plan ahead
World war Z
shows peoples reaction in these types of situation
end of world pandemic movie
Those who had seen pandemic related films were more likely to be morbidly curious
examples of books
The Stand
by Steven King
generally a pretty sexist writer
The American Plague
based on an actual events
shows how people actually reacted to events such surrounding pandemics
can help people emotionally and mentally prepare for events such as those depicted
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Safer way to Gain Experiences
People are gaining experience in the comfort of their home
People learn ways to regulate negative emotions
Increases psychological resilience
This lets people create ways to regulate fear
there was a lot of fear during the pandemic
fear is found in horror movies
generally gender does not impact reactions to fear
woman regulate fear differently in some ways
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this goes against the idea found in the horror genre that women are generally overly emotional
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lower psychological distress
fewer negative disruptions in their life during the pandemic
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