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Guest View: Why do we pay to be scared?

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By Dr. Arash Javanbakht I am a psychiatrist specializing in trauma and anxiety. People pay me to help them be less scared. But they also pay the likes of John Carpenter or a haunted house to be scared. While it may sound counterintuitive to enjoy experiencing an emotion that signals danger, the fear industry makes a lot of money. The […] The post Guest View: Why do we pay to be scared? first appeared on Grosse Pointe News.

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Guest View: Why do we pay to be scared?

By Dr. Arash Javanbakht I am a psychiatrist specializing in trauma and anxiety. People pay me to help them be less scared. But they also pay the likes of John Carpenter or a haunted house to be scared. While it may sound counterintuitive to enjoy experiencing an emotion that signals danger, the fear industry makes a lot of money. The […] The post Guest View: Why do we pay to be scared? first appeared on Grosse Pointe News.

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Grosse Pointe News broke the news on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
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