Definition Essay: Why Do People Enjoy Fear?

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What is fear and why can it be positive in your well being. Most people associate fear as something bad, but it can also be associated with a good things and pleasure. To some people fear is one of the most exciting feelings they will ever feel. This is because of a chemical that is released then you encounter something that threatens your survival. You may be wonder, well how can some people feel pleasure from experiencing something that threatens their survival. The way these people get a kick out of this frightening experience is that they realize they’re in a safe environment and get a sense of satisfaction once it's over. This is just one reason why people enjoy fear, let me go into more detail on why people enjoy the feeling of fear. People love the sense and satisfaction of fear for many reasons, one of the reasons is that it leaves us with a good sensation in the end. As it said in the article “Why do our brains enjoy fear?” by Allegra Ringo, “Lots of people enjoy scary situations because it leaves them with a sense of confidence after it’s over” (Ringo 92). In other words, Allegra is trying to say that in order to enjoy scary situation you have to know where you are. This means that you need …show more content…
As I discovered in the “ Dream collector photos”, “Fear brings curiosity”. To put it differently, our brains are always curious and trying to find how things work. If we experience fear our brains will want to know what is triggering this fear and would like to get to the main source of this feeling. Another reason are brain experiences curiosity is because of the idea of death. As it said in the article “Why do some brains enjoy fear”, “Humans are obsessed with death; we simply have a hard time wrapping our mind around what happens when we die” (Ringo 93). In other words, fear brings the thought of death to our mind which distorts our thinking since we can’t wrap our mind around the idea of