CAN FEAR AND FUN GO HAND IN HAND?

Why do we feel fear? And why do we (sometimes) like it?

Though Halloween is not everyone’s cup of tea, and horror films can send some people running out the room, a fair number of us (seemingly sadistically?) enjoy a good scare. Though fear is an intense emotion that is closely associated with anxiety, stress, and a general sense of unwellness, when deployed for short periods under…