
Why am I a scaredy-cat and you're not? The science of fright
CNN
Do the people around you scream for Halloween and howl at horror movies while you hide your head in fright? There could be a good reason you spook easily.
I've never seen "Halloween" (any of them). Or "Scream" or "Saw" or "The Blair Witch Project" or "It." My kids know better than to suggest it -- I've embarrassed them too many times by squealing loudly in the theater when some small scare pops up from nowhere. (Yes, the entire theater always laughs at me.)
I don't go to Halloween haunted houses either, although I created one for neighborhood kids for years as part of my son's birthday celebrations. Most didn't consider it very scary, because it wasn't.

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