{"id":349,"date":"2025-10-13T09:40:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/?p=349"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:40:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:40:21","slug":"why-follow-your-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/why-follow-your-curiosity\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Follow Your Curiosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Coltane Scrivner, a psychologist and author, argues that an interest in dark topics\u2014such as horror films, crime investigations, and suspenseful stories\u2014is not only natural but can also be beneficial. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\">Psychology Today<\/a>, such hobbies help people explore potential threats while remaining in a comfortable and controlled environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">From an evolutionary perspective, observing danger from the outside is a survival strategy. &#8220;Animals watch for predators to avoid attack. Humans, however, have language and culture, which allows us to learn through stories and films,&#8221; explains Scrivner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Modern manifestations of this curiosity include the popularity of crime documentaries and horror films. Viewers often report that after watching them, they become more attentive to their surroundings and better understand how to act in unusual or dangerous situations. Research shows that fans of these genres are more likely to acquire practical skills\u2014for example, how to recognize a threat, break free from constraints, or find a way to escape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">During the pandemic, it was fans of catastrophic stories and horror films who demonstrated the greatest resilience. &#8220;An interest in the scary allows one to rehearse emotions in a safe environment,&#8221; says the scientist. This experience helps people cope more easily with real-life crises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">There is a myth that horror fans are less prone to empathy. However, new data suggests otherwise\u2014they often exhibit higher levels of cognitive empathy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Scrivner emphasizes that immersion in frightening scenarios\u2014whether watching movies or walking through unfamiliar places\u2014promotes psychological flexibility and helps people understand the world around them more deeply.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curiosity is a way to safely train emotional responses and develop inner resilience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getfullcare.com\/club-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}