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I woke up and I was very sweaty! I took my pillow, opened my door and run immediately towards my dad's bedroom and slept there! Then, my dad got in the room, with the eyes red, and went directly to my aunt, he said something to her and my aunt went tell it to my sister, she started crying and I knew somehow what was going on and I started crying too, so my dad got closer to me and started telling that some people have to leave and that's normal, we both were crying, and finally she told that my mom died.

I couldn't understand, I didn't know what was gonna happen after that, I couldn't get that I wouldn't see my mom anymore! Since I am sixty six years old and have spent most of my life in the Army I have had many frightening experiences, most of them envolving life or death, however the most frightening experience of my life was when I was twenty two years old and looking back at it is was actually very comical, expecially since I had already served two years in Viet Nam.

I had asked Jackie, the girl of my dreams to marry me, and her reply was that I had to ask her father for permission to ask her! Her father, Joe, had a reputation for being a extremely mean old man, who was overly protective of his only daughter, since she was the youngest of four children and fifteen years younger than the third youngest boy. I "himed and hawed around" for a week or so, and finally worked up the nerve to ask him, and being relatively intelligent I thought I would have a better chance if I asked in a public place.

I made reservations at a very nice resturant for Joe, his wife, Rose, Jackie and myself, then told Jackie about my plans.

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She said it was a good idea, but when I asked Joe and Rose to dinner, he said why don't we have Jackie's brothers and their wives come also, so I reluctantly changed the reservations from a party of four to a party of ten! When the big night arrived I was so nervous, I could hardly think, much less talk, and while everyone else was having a good time laughing and carrying on I was ready to die, and hardly ate anything.

After the meal was finished I told Joe that I had a very important question to ask him, and he gave me a mean look and said "go ahead and spit it out we don't have all night", I looked at him and his sons, who were all giving me mean looks and blurted out, "I want your permission to marry Jackie". He smiled and said it's about time you asked me, I've been waiting for almost a month and if she is agreeable then we have all agred that it is fine with all of us. I immediately showed her an engagement ring that I had purchased a month before, and she said "YES" before I asked her to marry me!

The marriage lasted thirty four years, seven months, and sixteen days, until the Lord called her to him.

For the courious three idioms to look up: Him and Haw Spit it out Blurted out. Flavia, My spelling error.

It is hem and haw not him and haw. My most frightening experience: I nearly drowned in the sea back in the 60s. I swallowed a lot of water.

A kind soul, a guy who noticed my hapless flailing about, retrieved me from the seashore. Few horror movies have achieved similar notoriety, and it's credited with kicking off the steady stream of slasher flicks that followed. Audiences flocked to theaters to witness the seemingly random murder and mayhem a masked man brought to a small suburban town, reminding them that picket fences and manicured lawns cannot protect us from the unjust, the unknown or the uncertainty that awaits us all in both life and death.

The film offers no justice for the victims in the end, no rebalancing of good and evil. Why, then, would anyone want to spend their time and money to watch such macabre scenes filled with depressing reminders of just how unfair and scary our world can be? I've spent the past 10 years investigating just this question, finding the typical answer of "Because I like it!

I've long been convinced there's more to it than the "natural high" or adrenaline rush many describe — and indeed, the body does kick into "go" mode when you're startled or scared, amping up not only adrenaline but a multitude of chemicals that ensure your body is fueled and ready to respond. This "fight or flight" response to threat has helped keep humans alive for millennia.

That still doesn't explain why people would want to intentionally scare themselves, though. As a sociologist, I've kept asking "But, why? To capture in real time what makes fear fun, what motivates people to pay to be scared out of their skin and what they experience when engaging with this material, we needed to gather data in the field.

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In this case, that meant setting up a mobile lab in the basement of an extreme haunted attraction outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This adults-only extreme attraction went beyond the typical startling lights and sounds and animated characters found in a family-friendly haunted house. Over the course of about 35 minutes, visitors experienced a series of intense scenarios where, in addition to unsettling characters and special effects, they were touched by the actors, restrained and exposed to electricity.

It was not for the faint of heart. For our study, we recruited guests who had already purchased tickets.

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Before they entered the attraction, each completed a survey about their expectations and how they were feeling. We had them answer questions again about how they were feeling once they had gone through the attraction. We also used mobile EEG technology to compare participants' brainwave activity as they sat through 15 minutes of various cognitive and emotional tasks before and after the attraction. Guests reported significantly higher mood , and felt less anxious and tired, directly after their trip through the haunted attraction. The more terrifying the better: Feeling happy afterward was related to rating the experience as highly intense and scary.

This set of volunteers also reported feeling that they'd challenged their personal fears and learned about themselves. Analysis of the EEG data revealed widespread decreases in brain reactivity from before to after among those whose mood improved.

In other words, highly intense and scary activities — at least in a controlled environment like this haunted attraction — may "shut down" the brain to an extent, and that in turn is associated with feeling better. Studies of those who practice mindfulness meditation have made a similar observation. Together our findings suggest that going through an extreme haunted attraction provides gains similar to choosing to run a 5K race or tackling a difficult climbing wall.

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There's a sense of uncertainty, physical exertion, a challenge to push yourself — and eventually achievement when it's over and done with. Fun-scary experiences could serve as an in-the-moment recalibration of what registers as stressful and even provide a kind of confidence boost. After watching a scary movie or going through a haunted attraction , maybe everything else seems like no big deal in comparison.

You rationally understand that the actors in a haunted house aren't real, but when you suspend your disbelief and allow yourself to become immersed in the experience, the fear certainly can feel real, as does the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment when you make it through. As I experienced myself after all kinds of scary adventures in Japan, Colombia and all over the U. Movies like "Halloween" allow people to tackle the big, existential fears we all have, like why bad things happen without reason, through the protective frame of entertainment.

Choosing to do fun, scary activities may also serve as a way to practice being scared, building greater self-knowledge and resilience, similar to rough-and-tumble play.

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It's an opportunity to engage with fear on your own terms, in environments where you can push your boundaries, safely. Because you're not in real danger, and thus not occupied with survival, you can choose to observe your reactions and how your body changes, gaining greater insight to yourself.

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