"addicted" To Horror Movies?!?

[Tortured soul]

I hadn't thought of it that way and I suppose in essence I am doing that in some way.

Dear lionheart iv been obsessed with horror movies since I was a kid in now 49 I was tortured and abused when I was a kid and as a result I have lost the ability to empathise with people who get hurt . I watch these movies cause my childhood was worse ( in my head ) than any horror movie . I watch them and always analyse different escape routes and what I would have done . I met this guy a couple of months ago I really liked him so I envied him back for coffee I think after he saw my disturbing horror collection and I mean only the best , gory est movies ever made I proudly showed him he stayed for about 15 minutes just to finish his coffee . I was devastated and it's just now that I am wondering am i that badly damaged that no one would want me

 

[Heather]

OMG. Saw this thread and had to comment. My daughter begs me to see horror movies. I refuse. I feel like I have enough sh*t in my head. Why add to it?

 

[Ronin]

You found a coping mechanism for very intense feelings - that's a good thing :)

However, I'd also work at finding a way to withdraw from it, without increased anxiety in all the meantime.

So what fills the same needs you have fulfilled when watching horror movies, elsewhere? What comes close?

Alternatively: Funniez. No, for real, find a way to have a laugh out of them - there's nothing ruining horror atmosphere quite as fast as bursting out laughing.

 

[Ocean5]

I've always been attracted to "end of world movies" plus psychological thrillers. Even bad Sci-Channel movies like that. I think it has to do something with adrenaline rush since I'm calmer after. But also recurring theme of my nightmares. But the movies end good unlike my nightmares. I figure some relationship, or self-therapy as others mentioned.

Other TV shows just make me feel at home. Seriously into crime and police shows. But I have learned to sometimes to switch the channel, and online tv streaming. I try to find positive shows to watch the series. Even then I skip certain episodes because they deal with topics that will make me worse, or I fast forward through worst scenes.

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Have you tried online streaming TV like Netflix or Amazon?

 

[Deleted member 12723]

For so many years in my adult life I was hooked to horror movies and collected dvds about them. But when my husband died, I gave them all away and am not really interested in them anymore. I am sure my attraction was being carthartic for me at the time.

 

[Lionheart]

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Have you tried online streaming TV like Netflix or Amazon?

Yes, I have.....the movie that I mentioned earlier was on Netflix and it is where I watch a lot of movies.

I think it is a safe way to experience horror and thriller movies; to sit at home and enjoy them, feeling somewhat relieved and better afterwards. Still, I push myself by watching em alone, in the dark, in the wee hours of the morning, which is probably not the smartest idea I've ever had, but it somehow makes me feel "alive" if that makes any sense.

I do like it when a victim escapes and takes revenge on the perpetrator, it is the kind of happy ending that I really enjoy.

 

[Ocean5]

I do like it when a victim escapes and takes revenge on the perpetrator, it is the kind of happy ending that I really enjoy.

Watch the movie "Enough" I've watched it so many times. Not a horror movie in traditional terms. But about a feed up women. Reminds me of my mom, and extremes some people have to go to - to end abuse.

 

[Heather]

Speaking of horror movies... Anyone see "Vacancy" with Kate Beckinsale and Owen Wilson. I don't know why I was watching it. My curiosity got the best of me. Very violent...and gory. Eventually turned it off.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I have been ordering horror movies again. Sorry I gave the ones I had away when my husband died. Now I have to start over.

 

[Lionheart]

Did ya ever watch so many horror films that when it suddenly gets quiet, you get really antsy and nervous because in the movies that's when all the stuff goes down? I especially dislike flickering lights because that's when the creepy stuff arrives.

It's kinda funny that I will sit and watch a horror movie, by myself, in the wee hours of the morning, and then wonder why I can't sleep well at night. :wideeyed::facepalm:

 

[Katie Wilson]

I saw this thread and had to add my experience. I saw Alien with my dad when I was 6 and have lived horror movies ever since. I think of my movie collecting to be a harmless hobby. I enjoy tracking down movies that have been banned for violence, gore and depravity. They make me feel gleeful and alive. I never had any friends growing up and was bullied my entire life, even as an adult. I'm not sure that's considered PTSD though, so I may have no right to be on this thread at all. I think I lack compassion for people so I find it amusing to see them get hurt or killed in movies. But, I've loved animals all my life and any sort of animal cruelty is nauseating to me. Despite all of this I feel pretty good about my life. But maybe there is something terribly wrong with me.

 

[Deleted member 43454]

I remember watching the exorcist and being so scared I didn't wanna go to the restroom by myself as a kid lol.
I've never been big on horror movies. They're gruesome an the victims always too dumb to properly escape.
An as you've noticed they tend to put these scenarios in your head about the boogey man behind the shower curtain when you're in the shower with a knife.