This is a weird question maybe but why do you enjoy watching horror? It’s a question I often have whenever I watch something really fucked up. We humans like to watch movies that are messed up and sometimes makes us not being able to sleep. It’s a very long time since a movie effected me to that point.

So what’s the reason you enjoy horror? Is it because you like being scared? For me one of the main reason I like horror is that I get so focused on the movie that I can get a pause from life. I’ve been struggling with depression all my life and horror gets me to focus on the movie at hand instead of my thoughts, or at least that’s how it is at my worst times. So maybe horror also have become a guilty pleasure for me because of this.

Note that I don’t enjoy horror just because of my depression. Horror is my favorite genre, but it’s something that has that effect on me and that helps.