So why do so many of us love getting voluntarily spooked, scared? What is that about? [laughs]

Yeah.

That's interesting, isn't it? Um, so but, but I'll explain.

So in our brain, we have these structures called amygdala, okay? And they're always scanning, looking for, for fear, right? Um, and so but the brain is also able to sort out what's a real threat and what's not a real threat, uh, most of the time.

Um, and so when we go to places like haunted houses or want to watch a scary movie, um, we experience that scare, like any- anything that's fearful would happen.

Um, but then our brain is very quickly able to say, "Oh, no, I'm safe.

I'm good." And people who have that underlying, you know, s- thrill-seeking trait, um, really find those experiences to be a lot of fun.

What's the psychological and physiological difference between horror we seek out voluntary, voluntarily and then the having actual fear?

So why do so many of us love getting voluntarily spooked, scared? What is that about?

Yeah, that's interesting, isn't it? But I'll explain.

So in our brain, we have these structures called amygdala, okay? And they're always scanning, looking for fear, right? And so, but...

the brain is also able to sort out what's a real threat and what's not a real threat most of the time.

And so when we go to places like haunted houses or want to watch a scary movie, we experience that scare, like anything that's fearful would happen.

But then our brain is very quickly able to say, oh, no, I'm safe.

I'm good.

What's the psychological and physiological difference between horror we seek out voluntarily and then having actual fear?