We all know that horror films are widely popular and can generate lots and lots of money because most people loves to watch and be scared by it. It is also one of the most popular hobbies most of us do whenever we feel bored and lonely. But many people doesn't know the psychological effects that it may bring to a person specially to children because it can be brought up until they grow up and become an adult. Most of us don't even care about the effects that it may bring to us but as an adult we should know the harms and the casualties that we can get and how we should handle it.
According from an article from Lifestyle Lounge entitled Effects of watching horror films, the effects of watching horror films can be broken down to into the following:
Anxiety promotes the feeling of nervousness and being down can linger into their adulthood because of the experience they can get from watching horror movies. Another is sleeplessness,a person might not be able to sleep well even after months after watching the film. People tend to develop insomnia and nightmares that could really affect their physical and mental health.The next is fear,a person might develop the fear of going into dark places and might not be able to sleep without a companion. He or she might tremble,cry or even nauseate if the horror film really gave an impact to their lives. Next is Phobia, as a result of watching the horror films and seeing lots of possibilities that may happen.A person may develop a phobia to insects,reptiles,fires,water,enclosed space, blood and height. He/she may be afraid to go near the objects and animals that he/she seen in the film that really scared them. Another is Mental trauma, after experiencing an extreme scare and thrill a person may develop a trauma that may hinder him/her from pointing out which is reality and which are fiction. The last on is Behavioral changes, a person that watches horror films that includes bloody scenes may influence on how they behave in the reality. He/she might think that problems may be resolved by violence which could have a negative effect on them.
After knowing this effects I realized that watching horror movies may have a side effect as well, But I believe it is really up to the person watching it on how they can apply the actions that they watched into their own life, But at the same time we should also be very careful to what we do because we might influence children to do incorrect actions.
Violence could turn a person into something he/she is not. Many cases about violence has been seen and lots of these involves children. Violence could harm many people, So we should control ourselves from entering such things specially while we are still young. Also by not applying the violence we watched from movies would prevent harm. Horror movies was made for the intention of suspense and thrill but it is up to the people if they would apply it in reality or not.
In the article entitled Violence in the media from Christian Answers It stated that:
"With children having so much exposure to the media, the messages that come across… are very important and they shape how a child sees the world and what a child sees as important. …A lot of the messages related to violence and sexuality can negatively impact a child."
Indeed media has a lot of influence especially to kids because they easily believe what they are seeing and not knowing that sometimes the action that is being done in the film might not really be healthy for them. Most children copies what action they are seeing in the film because they think that it might help them become a stronger and awesome person. Children now a days copies what they watch especially if it is action or horror and most of the other children they mingle with also becomes influenced to it which might harm them, So we really need to watch out to what we are watching and the personalities they are portraying.
'Watch out!'
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