Assignment 10- Andy

Most people watch horror movies and go other scary things to give themselves a thrill. Unfortunately, I have never been able to enjoy anything "horror". During a horror movie the average viewer knows that the purpose is to scare them. They expect the feeling but are unprepared anyway when it happens. When I see a horror I get scared for a whole different reason. Just the thought of seeing a horror movie or going to a haunted house is enough to make me feel sick. I start worrying incessantly about whatever it is and more often than not just give up on whatever it is altogether. When I find myself unable to weasel out of whatever "horror" event I am attending my mind automatically enters "Cynical Defense Mode", when I just scoff at everything and say things like "Pfft. That would never happen." and "Who comes up with this stuff?". For this reason I often ruin the tension of the horror atmosphere and make people angry. All in all, its just easier for me to avoid anything scary than put myself and others through the torment of me trying to cope with it.