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Healthy 🧟‍♀️Dose of Fear?

A Healthy 🧟‍♀️ Dose of Fear?

3 ways Being Scared 

Can Improve Your Health

Ali Pattillo - Oct. 30, 2019 

Even the trailer of last year’s Hereditary made my heart race and palms sweat. I’m a scaredy-cat. I’m not one to take a ghost tour or visit a haunted house where the actors lick and pinch you, while trying to live up to a billing of a “psychosexual, horror-art experience.”

Meanwhile, some people love being terrified. Take Tom P. from Bayside, Queens, reviewing that aforementioned psychosexual, horror-art experience: “This is really freaky and I was genuinely scared at moments … you will do plenty of screaming and at moments wonder “Why did I do this to myself?” But when I survived I did feel a sense of pride,” he comments in his Yelp review of the Blackout haunted house.

But the science suggests that maybe I should be like Tom, and not be so afraid of getting scared.

Getting spooked doesn’t just cause shrieks, giggles and a rush of adrenaline. Being frightened can also strengthen our immune systems, lead to better mental and physical performance, and build relationships. Facing fear — in a controlled setting — could make us all feel a bit more alive, and improve our health.

Christa McIntyre, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Texas at Dallas School of Behavioral and Brain Science, says small doses of fear can good for you.

“Imagine going through life in a sterile bubble where you’re never experiencing any fear and then suddenly you’re exposed to something threatening, and you experience a sensation of fear that can be really paralyzing,” McIntyre tells Inverse. “Fear itself can be really debilitating unless you’ve had some exposure to it and developed some resilience.”

Fight or Run for your Life

Fear is a vital survival mechanism that has been baked into our biology since we were cavemen roaming the earth. Scientists suspect almost all humans and animals experience a “landscape of fear.” Fear keeps us on high alert, away from danger, and better able to defend against attack.

When a rotting zombie jumps out at a haunted house, or we narrowly miss getting hit by an oncoming car, panic floods our system. Our brain sends the nervous system into overdrive, triggering that familiar stress response we know as fight-or-flight.

When we detect a threat, our body floods with adrenaline. Our heart rate spikes and breathing quickens: we can pump blood and transport oxygen to our brain and muscles faster. We see sharper, hear better, and run faster when fight-or-flight impulses take effect. Glucose and fats are pushed out across our body too, providing extra energy.

If the threat persists, the brain releases cortisol — an adrenal hormone that is associated with a stress response in humans — keeping us alert and vigilant. When danger passes, adrenaline and cortisol levels drop, along with our heart rate and breathing patterns. Our brain then releases oxytocin and endorphins, the same feel-good hormones we release during exercise.

This physiological cascade is lifesaving when you are being chased or threatened, but it’s also beneficial during everyday life, McIntyre says.

“A little bit of stress can be good for performance but a lot can interfere with performance. It can differ by the individual and the thing you’re trying to accomplish,” she explains. It might be helpful if you’re a soccer goalie in the playoffs, but not so helpful if you’re trying to solve a complex math problem, she says.

Fight-or-flight doesn’t just activate during life or death situations; social situations, work deadlines and spooky activities can set it off too.

“When you go into a haunted house, it’s designed to scare you and so people jump out at you and your response is just a reflex— you scream and jump,” McIntyre says. “This is adaptive because, you know, ‘better safe than sorry.’”

Haunted houses and scary movies cause short-term or acute stress. But when fight-or-flight turns on too often, due to traumatic life events or an extremely demanding job, acute stress turns into chronic stress, which is connected to an array of deleterious health effects: anxiety, depression, and heart disease, among others.

Acute stress lasts a few minutes or hours; chronic stress lasts a few hours every day for weeks, months or even years. With constant fight-or-flight, we stay wound up like a coiled spring, and can suffer health consequences because of it.

“Chronic stress is pretty much universally seen as bad for you and for the brain,” McIntyre says. “It actually shrinks parts of the brain and kills cells in the brain, but acute stress can actually produce neurogenesis.” Neurogenesis leads to the formation and branching out of new neurons, a healthy sign like what you see with exercise, she explains.

Immune Boost

The roller coaster cascade of fight-or-flight can be intense for the human body, but it does have some unexpected benefits. A 2018 literature review published in the journal Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology describes the body’s short-term stress response as mother nature’s secret weapon to boost physiological and mental performance when facing fear. 

Research shows the fight-or-flight response, fear’s best friend, actually stimulates immune activity. Short-term stress enables the immune system to better ward off infection and heal wounds. It ups the number of leukocytes, infection and disease fighting immune cells, and circulates them throughout the body. Research suggests short-term stress may also help the immune system better detect and eliminate tumor cells.

Chronic stress, on the other hand, inhibits the immune system’s ability to perform at it’s best. When a person is chronically stressed over a long period (months or years), their body’s repair and restorative capabilities are suppressed and their immunity is dysregulated.

 “If we go to a scary movie, we all have the same kind of memory of this intense experience that we shared that can improve bonding.”

Facing Fear Together

Horror, whether it’s surviving a haunted house or going to see the latest on-screen thrill-fest, brings people closer.

“If we go to a scary movie, we all have the same kind of memory of this intense experience that we shared that can improve bonding,” McIntyre says.

When we’re scared, we band together, an impulse carried over from our prehistoric ancestors.

“In a real threatening situation, that bonding is potentially helpful and can help you to survive. It’s safety in numbers,” the neurobiologist says.

Fear and the relief of safety also prompt the release of feel-good hormones dopamine and the “love hormone,” oxytocin. Oxytocin helps us bond and build relationships, and could help us feel closer to our frightened pals. It can be rewarding to develop shared experiences and conquer our fear, McIntyre explains. 

Neurological Catharsis

Slasher films and ghost stories mimic real-life terror, and can have some powerful psychological and neurological effects. Spooky activities can have a teleportation effect: walking through a haunted house can transport us to a graveyard, a 1920s psychiatric ward, or a basement that houses a demonic nun. They take people out of their daily lives, even for a moment, and return them with renewed confidence.

“Fear hijacks our attention. It is one way to pull us away from something that’s a real problem that we’d be ruminating over,” McIntyre says.

Terrifying events in controlled settings may even prepare us for future dangerous encounters and help us overcome fear.

“We think that acute stress actually improves our memory, which is adaptive,” McIntyre explains. “You can imagine if you encounter a bear in the cave, you should very quickly learn that that’s not a good place to go.”

Trial and error doesn’t work when facing life-threatening scares; make the same mistake twice and you’re done.

“You learn the first time to avoid that cave, and we think that adrenaline contributes to that. We know that we can administer adrenaline to humans and enhance their memory for these experiences and many different experiences.”

For some people, surviving a scare is just fun. In a fascinating 2019 study, scientists created an adults only “extreme attraction.” After a 35-minute terrifying experience where actors touched, restrained and exposed participants to electricity, 264 participants filled out a survey. They reported significantly higher mood, and felt less anxious and tired, directly after the haunted attraction. The more terrifying the better: Feeling happy afterward was related to rating the experience as highly intense and scary, writes the study’s author.

Tom, the haunted house Yelp reviewer, had an experience that echoes these findings: “All in all you WILL do/see some messed up shit that can haunt you for a while so if you are into horror movies at all you should give this a shot.”

The Curious Mind

Ultimately, we’re just curious about the macabre, and this is a way for us to learn about it without negative consequences, McIntyre explains.

The potential health benefits don’t mean you should run out and jump in front of a moving car, or even watch American Horror Story every night. It just means that there may be some unexpected healthy side effects to getting out of your comfort zone and engaging in fun, safe, activities that make you a little scared.

“You can kind of think about this like a muscle: If you leave it alone and don’t use it, you’ll lose it,” McIntyre explains. “If you are protected all of your life, you may not be as resilient … but of course overworking it can also cause damage.”

Taking it too far isn’t helpful, and everyone has a different relationship with fear. McIntyre’s advice? Know yourself.

See also: How nightmares could be good for you 

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How Watching Horror Movies

Can Make Medical Students

Better Doctors 

You can follow the films and commentary on the class’ sub-Reddit.  Elana Spivack

Anthony Tobia’s favorite horror movie is The Shining. It’s so rich, he tells Inverse, that he’d want to teach a course on that film alone. Ideally, to him, the course would begin on July 4 - the date of the Overlook Hotel ball - and end on October 30, the day the Torrance family moves in.

Tobia isn’t a professor of film, but of psychiatry at Rutgers’ Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. The Kubrick classic is just one of 31 horror movies he uses as a fictional case study for his medical students to diagnose and treat patients like Jack Torrance.

This curriculum, the 31 Knights of Halloween, has an entertaining hook but serves a twofold purpose at making these students better doctors.

What’s happening 🙄

For each day of October, Tobia assigns one horror movie for his students to watch and analyze from a psychiatric point of view. Any portrayal of human behavior, Tobia says, can help teach both typical and atypical aspects of psychiatric health.

“Psychiatry is very lucky like that,” he says. “Surgeons, endocrinologists can’t do that. The movie must be about a surgery or something surgical for a surgeon to use it for educational purposes. That’s not the case in psychiatry. All films examine human behavior, and therefore all films can be used to teach aspects of human behavior and psychiatry.”

Together, they discuss their visceral reactions as well as their thoughts from a psychiatric perspective. Meanwhile, everyone posts reflections and comments to a public sub-Reddit.

“It’s out there for the community,” Tobia tells Inverse, “for the general population who want to have their questions answered [on] aspects of mental health, or maybe just reading it for enjoyment.”

The syllabus has included Shutter Island, Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Halloween, and other classics.

How science plays a role 🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

In watching these violently outlandish films, medical students practice identifying symptoms of psychiatric disorders in the DSM-V. Jason Voorhees becomes a patient, and these students are tasked with understanding how his actions inform their diagnosis.

Even the movie Cloverfield in which an alien decimates Manhattan becomes fodder. “This monster is an alien life form that is an infant,” Tobia explains. “All it’s doing is wanting to find its mom. All of a sudden, you could just feel the collective change of heart when we discuss issues that are consistent with illnesses such as separation anxiety disorder.”

It may seem like overkill to look into the psychiatric ills of a fictional alien monster, but perhaps that helps students overcome the stigma placed on those with psychiatric disorders, those who often are deemed monsters or outsiders.

A consequence of horror movie inundation, Tobia says, is desensitization. For future doctors, that can cut both ways. While Saw will probably never be comfortable for anybody to watch, exposure to these films can prepare these med students for a slew of scenarios they may one day face (as well as a good number they hopefully never will, like Cloverfield).

He also enjoys surprising his students with what he calls conspiracy theories. These are Tobia’s and other fans’ hypotheses that exist outside the film. He suggests, for instance, that Jack Torrance came to the Overlook Hotel in The Shining while on medication, and he pulls from plausible evidence in the movie.

Why it matters 🥺

While students practice identifying symptoms and proposing diagnoses, Tobia wants this exercise to foster empathy in the doctors-to-be.

When watching horror movies, the viewer often identifies — consciously or subconsciously — with the victim who claws their way to the very end (or not), outrunning Jason Voorhees or Michael Myers. In desensitizing them, he hopes to grow their capacity for understanding a fundamentally different perspective.

“One of the ways to desensitize is to actually make a conscious effort to see the movie through the eyes of the other,” Tobia says. “While that’s initially uncomfortable, the fact that it feels artificial because you're making a conscious effort — ‘I wonder what they're thinking now, I wonder what it must feel like for them’ — that can teach empathy.”

He stresses that this growth almost never comes naturally, which is why this course is unique. For a group of friends watching a horror movie, it’s unlikely discussion will turn toward empathizing with Jigsaw. What’s more, horror movies are meant to provoke fear and anxiety in the viewers. Those feelings aren’t always pleasurable, and can sometimes trigger unwanted memories or experiences. Tobia offers a curated, supportive space where his students can talk through their discomfort — or opt out of watching a movie if they choose.

Even for those who will never become doctors, the act of empathizing with an alien or ghost, in addition to feeling that intense fear, can be cathartic and destigmatizing. Horror movies depict the darkest parts of the human condition, the parts most people never act on, and give the viewer permission to engage. Tobia goes a step further, and urges his students to go so far as to empathize with that darkness.

“There are some things that, when there’s nobody around and there are no consequences, may have crept into your conscious awareness that our brains suppress or repress for good reason,” Tobia says. “But this is a safe space to explore those and that could be kind of fun. To see an aspect of yourself, your subconscious that has been repressed now literally projected.”

https://www.inverse.com/article/60553-benefits-of-being-scared

                         

Halloween 👻 Invisible

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Should You Unplug Chargers 🔌When Not in Use?

Should You Unplug Chargers When Not in Use? 

Here's What an Electrician Says

Yes. Leading electricians and safety experts recommend unplugging chargers when not in use  to save energy, reduce fire risk from overheating, and prolong the charger's life. 
Leaving them plugged in has no benefits and presents several small risks that can add up over time.  Even if they're not actively charging a device, consumes "phantom load" or "vampire energy" which adds up over time and can be a safety hazard, especially with damaged or old chargers. 

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Reasons to unplug chargers

Energy savings: Chargers use a small amount of electricity even when not in use, a phenomenon called "vampire energy" or "phantom load". Unplugging them can lead to savings on your electricity bill.
Saving energy and money. Idle chargers still draw a small amount of electricity, a phenomenon known as "vampire power" or "phantom load". While a single charger's power draw is negligible (about 0.1 to 0.5 watts), the effect is cumulative across all devices in a household. This can account for 5% to 10% of a home's energy use and add up to $100 or more to an annual electricity bill.
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Fire safety: Chargers can overheat, especially if they are old, damaged, or cheap. Leaving them plugged in can create a fire risk, and they can also be damaged by power surges.
Preventing fire hazards. A constantly connected charger's internal components wear down from heat and constant exposure to power. This risk is elevated with older, damaged, or uncertified third-party chargers. Overheating can lead to short circuits and, in rare but documented cases, electrical fires.

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The Fire Hazard Factor
While the most obvious concern for leaving chargers plugged in is energy waste, safety experts warn that fire risk is a far greater threat. Chargers contain internal circuitry that, when exposed to constant voltage, can degrade over time. The result? Overheating, short circuits, or even electrical fires.
This is not a theoretical risk - it is a documented hazard. According to consumer safety data, overheated chargers and adapters have been linked to numerous home fires each year. Simple preventive action—like unplugging - can eliminate this unnecessary danger.
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Charger lifespan: Constant exposure to power can cause internal components to degrade over time, shortening the life of the charger.
Prolonging charger life. Continuous exposure to voltage can degrade a charger's internal components and shorten its lifespan. Unplugging it when not in use reduces this stress, allowing the charger to last longer.
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Safety for children and pets: Dangling cords can be a tripping hazard or an invitation for a curious child or pet to chew on them, potentially causing injury or damage.
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Reduced risk of electrical damage: Unplugging a charger protects it from power surges that could otherwise damage the charger or a connected device. 
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Mitigating risks from power surges. In the event of a voltage spike, such as a lightning strike, a plugged-in charger can be damaged or destroyed. Most consumer chargers do not have built-in surge protection. 

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 When it's particularly important to unplug

✅When going on vacation or leaving the house for an extended period.
✅When you have damaged or old chargers that may be faulty.
✅When children or pets are present and might interact with the cords

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Simple steps to build the habit

To make unplugging chargers easier, electricians and energy experts offer several tips: 

Use a power strip. 

Connect multiple chargers to a single power strip, so you can cut the power to all of them with a single switch.
Create a charging station. 

Designate one accessible spot for charging devices to make unplugging a single, centralized action.
Incorporate it into your routine. 

Pair the action with another daily habit, like leaving for work or going to bed, so it becomes second nature.
Install smart plugs. 

For a high-tech solution, use smart plugs or power strips that can be scheduled to automatically shut off at specific times. 

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Should You Unplug Chargers When They're Not In Use?

Sep 12, 2025

In This Article
    Should You Unplug Chargers When They're Not In Use?
    Other Safety Concerns For Leaving Chargers Plugged In
    Tips To Remember To Unplug Your Appliances & Electronics. 

Southern Living  https://www.southernliving.com/should-you-unplug-chargers-when-not-in-use-11798563.

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Energy Experts Reveal Why You Should Unplug Chargers 

Aug 13, 2025 

Energy Experts Reveal Why You Should Unplug Chargers Every Day * Understanding the True Cost of Idle Chargers. Charger.

In a world increasingly defined by technology, the average home has become a hub of constant charging—smartphones, laptops, tablets, headphones, speakers, and countless other devices compete for electricity every day. But while these devices are essential for modern living, one often-overlooked habit is silently driving up energy costs, increasing fire hazards, and shortening the lifespan of your electronics: leaving chargers plugged in when not in use.

San Diego Weekly . https://sdweekly.com/energy-experts-reveal-why-you-should-unplug-chargers-every-day/

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Mapping Vampire Energy - Oct 24, 2024 

What does vampire energy mean? Vampire energy is power wasted by electronics or appliances plugged in but not in use. ...
SaveOnEnergy.com    https://www.saveonenergy.com/resources/mapping-vampire-energy/

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8 Things To Always Unplug When You Go On Vacation

https://www.southernliving.com/what-to-unplug-when-on-vacation-11813326

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12 Things You Should Never Plug Into A Power Strip

 https://www.southernliving.com/things-never-plug-into-power-strip-11817574

 

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🔌 “Nothing happened before… but what if it does today?”
Many people say, “I’ve been leaving my charger plugged in for 20 years — nothing happened.”
But fire doesn’t care about habit — it only needs one failure, one spark, one chance.

Here’s the truth:
Electrical fires don’t happen because something always goes wrong.
They happen because people think nothing ever will.
✅ Over time, chargers and outlets wear out. Dust, heat, and loose connections can cause short circuits or overheating — especially with cheap or fake adapters.
✅ Continuous plugging exposes cords to heat cycles that weaken insulation.
✅ Modern chargers draw standby power even when not charging — adding unnecessary stress to your wiring and risking overheat.
A single incident is all it takes to destroy everything you’ve built.
So why wait for a fire when you can prevent it?
🧯 Unplug chargers when not in use.
🧯 Replace frayed or hot plugs immediately.
🧯 Use original chargers and avoid overloading outlets.
🧯 Check sockets regularly — if they’re warm, there’s a problem.

Because fire safety isn’t about luck — it’s about CHOICES YOU MAKE EVERY DAY.

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Chocolate Day 🍫October 28

🍫 National Chocolate Day ☕

When is National Chocolate Day?

All you need to know about National Chocolate Day!

What is National Chocolate Day?

National Chocolate Day is celebrated annually on October 28. 
While there are many chocolate related holidays throughout the year, National Chocolate Day is a day to celebrate all things chocolate.

National Chocolate Day is observed annually on October 28.  While there are many specific chocolate related holidays throughout the year, National Chocolate Day celebrates all things chocolate.  As America’s favorite flavor, chocolate is well deserving of its own day of honor and celebration.  (Some sources designate July 7 or December 28 as Chocolate Day or International Chocolate Day.)

How is chocolate made?

Chocolate comes from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree.  Cacao, which has been cultivated for at least three millennia, is grown in Mexico, Central America and Northern South America.  The earliest known documentation of using cacao seeds is from around 1100 BC.  The cacao tree seeds have a very intense, bitter taste that must be fermented to develop the flavor.

Once the seeds have been fermented, the beans are dried, cleaned and roasted.  After roasting, the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs.  The cacao nibs are then ground into cocoa mass, which is pure chocolate in rough form.   The cocoa mass is usually liquefied then molded with or without other ingredients. At this point in the process, it is called chocolate liquor.  The chocolate liquor may then be processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter.

Unsweetened baking chocolate –  cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions.

1. Sweet chocolate –  cocoa solids, cocoa butter or other fat and sugar.
2. Milk chocolate – sweet chocolate with milk powder or condensed milk.
3. White chocolate – cocoa butter, sugar and milk but no cocoa solids.

Research has found that chocolate, when eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Go out to your favorite restaurant and indulge in a delicious chocolate dessert or try one of these recipes at home:

1. Chocolate Lasagna
2. Fudge
3. No Bake Chocolate Oat Bars

Use #NationalChocolateDay to post on social media.

HISTORY

National Chocolate Day was created by the National Confectioners Association.

There are over 1,200 national days. Don’t miss a single one. Celebrate Every Day with National Day Calendar!

http://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chocolate-day-october-28

In Honor Of National Chocolate Day, Here Are The Strangest Things We Know About Chocolate

https://www.bustle.com/articles/191207-in-honor-of-national-chocolate-day-here-are-the-strangest-things-we-know-about-chocolate

October 28

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