Bob believes that if something is advertised as being scary, he will find it scary regardless of its quality.

“basically for me the Criterium is if something is advertised as being scary I'm just going to be scared if I watch it end or play it it doesn't matter if it's like the dumbest thing ever”

Mark claims that much of horror stems from the fear of the unknown.

“I think like you just touched on the idea of horror in general is just mostly it almost all stems from the fear of the unknown it's either like unknown that there's a monster or whatever is in the darkness or it's like unknown outcomes to decisions can be very scary”

Wade argues that fully nude people in unexpected places are scarier than traditional horror tropes like ghosts in robes.

“a fully nude person in an unexpected Place doing something that's really off-putting or terrifying kind of like a new Fresh take on the like weird look at the human form that you're not really supposed to see in a general setting”

Louise Kay suggests that we can stop feeding fear-based thoughts by withdrawing our attention from them and instead remaining present as the observer of these thoughts.

“You have to cut off the food supply. Now, how do you cut off the food supply? You have to focus your attention on something else. Now, where So, where do you focus your attention? You have to bring your attention back, you have to draw it back into pure being.”

Fear should be used as a compass to guide one toward growth, rather than as a signal to avoid uncomfortable experiences.

“I developed a strategy to use fear as my um my life Compass whenever I felt fear I just moved toward it whenever I felt afraid of something I actually moved more aggressively in that direction”

Fear functions as a warning signal that should lead an individual to identify and reject the false lies they have internalized.

“Not the fear isn't saying you better be afraid you don't have enough. The fear is saying don't start believing the lie of scarcity. That's what the fear is warning you against. Stop right now. What what are you afraid of? I'm afraid that we don't have enough money. Keep going.”

Fear is a conscious, cognitive interpretation that one is in harm's way, distinct from the amygdala's role in detecting danger.

“fear is the cognitive interpretation that you are in horms way so the amydala is sending signals to the body right those body signals are coming back to the brain and contributing to a schema that is developing”