In my previous post, I discuss how watching Horror movies has helped me overcome some anxiety in recent weeks. Today, I saw this Reddit thread: Does anyone else find horror movies comforting? One of the comments in that thread links to the following article.

Why Some Anxious People Find Comfort in Horror Movies

It may not make sense, but some people with anxiety disorders–myself included—love nothing more than calming down with a terrifying film. I talked to researchers to find out why.

I found this article somewhat enlightening and interesting. Some of it feels familiar to me, even though I had not considered or discussed it. Specifically, the feeling of getting used to the anxiety and realizing that the situation is not really as bad as I think it is.