why do some people like to be scared?

Question

my cousin likes to be scared but..............................................................................................................................after that he hates being scared i dont know why?

Answer 1

Human beings are the only creature on this planet that has the ability to scare itself! Cool huh? As for the being scared causes a release of chemicals that make us "feel" ... totally on spot. But the root lies in why do we crave the feeling? Since the beginning of our evolutionary path, humans have had to hunt for their food, fight for dominance, and defend their habitat and families. All this was a regular everyday occurance, also giving them the same feelings we get from being scared. Now, we have less a need to preform so many of these primative tasks, leaving us with a natural instict that would have normally been excercised, dormant. This is where we get the urge to go on thrill rides, watch scary movies, participate in a physical sport, and other "hair-raising" activites.

Its just our way of reclaiming the primal insticts and getting our desired chemical response.

Answer 2

I'm pretty much the same way as your cousin when it comes to hating/loving to be scared. For example, I'm infatuated with scary movies. I think I'm tough enough to sit through an entire scary/gory film alone at night, but I end up turning my head in the other direction, or covering my eyes with my hands during the scariest moments. Even though I may get scared and know that I will most likely end up having nightmares long after the movie, I can't help but keep craving more. I can't really explain it, but there's a certain rush, a thrill of excitement and suspense running through your body when you feel scared. Your mind seems to slow down while your heart begins racing faster and faster by the minute from fear... but you love it. Kind of like riding a roller coaster. You get dizzy, you puke, you scream, and ask yourself why you even got on in the first place, but once you get off you want to ride again.

Answer 3

When you hear the term no balls, it has a different meaning to each person. No balls to some people means being scared to get hurt, or do something physically courageous. To others it means being an avoider, avoiding conflict, or confrontation, or manipulating instead of confronting. Most of my trouble in life has come not from actually being an avoider, but from being a shy person, and being seen as an avoider. I don't believe people ought to find more guts, because nobody, including me, has guts all the time, every day. I'm just a guy with a bad social mistrust and discomfort, and some people see it as fear of confrontation, and as a human being, I care what they think more than I pretend to care about them.

Answer 4

I think he hates to be scared but he likes to be scared.

Answer 5

I know a 7 year old who loves scary movies and a guy who loves disturbing movies. I don't know why!! lol. Doesn't anyone want a movie to make them happy or think, rather than freak out? lol

Possibly the twists in a scary movie....?

Answer 6

Fear releases certain chemicals in us, like adrenaline, that have mild addictive effect on some people. They crave the "rush" so they try to literally scare themselves to get it.

Answer 7

adrenaline; some people love its feeling; and its good sometimes; like driving fast; the bad things about it; and the risk you sometimes take; moving between cars and the feeling that you were about to do a deadly accident; is sometimes nice.

Answer 8

Yes that is way the scarry movies are so successful.

Answer 9

They love the drama of it all...