The world we live in today is full of fearful acts and stunts that thrill seekers intend to enjoy. A pounding heartbeat with butterflies in the stomach is an unforgettable feeling that thrill seekers try to experience and find more of. Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Everybody at some point of there life has experienced fear and in this paper I am going to be studying a group of people that search for fear and put their gut to the test and these people are known as, thrill seekers.
I chose to do my study on thrill seekers because I am interested about the topic and I am curious to how they deal with all the anxiety and mental tension they receive.
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''They want a slope that terrifies them,'' he said. ''Parachuters say the same thing. After you take the plunge there's an immense relief and sense of well-being in facing a fear that doesn't materialize(Goleman).'' Skiing for fun is pointless for thrill seekers as they need a dangerous slope that frightens them to ski down to get their adrenalin pumping to have fun. My research on thrill seekers resulted in that thrill seekers are addicted to fearful activities and need more and more of this adrenalin.
''Not everybody goes on scary rides like roller coasters, or comes back a second time if they try it,'' Dr. Farley said. ''It's those with the thrill-seeking personality who come back again and again. They like adventure, like high diving and hang gliding.'' Once a thrill seeker finds a new stunt or activity that gives him or her a better adrenalin rush they will be addicted to that activity and want to do it over and over. Dr. Farley said of thrill-seekers. ''They feel fully alive when something raises their level of brain arousal.'' The feeling they get during these activities is which gets them addicted wanting them to experience more of
The addition of fear is sometimes too much for people to handle. As if they didn’t have enough already” (Baker 1).
Fear takes control of people´s lives everyday. Whether it be by death or the possible things that could cause death. Author´s of the book, Freakonomics, Levitt and Dubner had written this book to further explain theories or simply how people logically handle certain situations. They even include how fear is an incentive that can affect people´s behavior. Levitt and Dubner represent their information by using rhetorical devices such as anecdote, inferences, paradox, and visuals. Let us dig deep inside their minds and prove that.
Through a lifespan, people will endure many stressful events and experiences. The severity of these events easily overwhelm them and as a result they will let their emotions overshadow sensible decisions. When in such an emotional state, it is common that people make impulsive decisions based off their feelings, but, this could lead to permanent consequences. Of the numerous emotions, fear predominantly is seen in times of crisis. Fear can be defined as, “An emotion of uneasiness that arises as a normal response to perceived threat that may be real or imagined” (Adamec). Fear may arise from a confrontation or from avoiding a threat, or it may come in the form of a discovery. Fear is often a direct result of one being scared due to a crisis
Humans crave horror to simply “dare the nightmare” (King, “Why We Crave” 1). Everyone has something that they are afraid of; even though we don’t like to admit it. The ideal life is to be fearless
Kids and adults enjoy Amusement Park rides because it is fun and relaxing. If you haven’t tried it, you should try it. The Amusement Parks have rides such as Xtreme Skyflyer, Gold Striker, and Superman roller coaster. I think the most important one is Xtreme Skyflyer because a lot of the people want to try it, and people want to see whole the things when they go very high. The Xtreme Skyflyer is also one of the scary, it 153 feet above ground and dive at speed up to 60 miles per hour while falling 17 stories toward the earth (Great America). This Xtreme Skyflyer is a release of endorphins, which makes us feel euphoric. Which is heightened by the fact that a lot of people feel scared and worried while waiting in line. So, by having you wait
...6. Generalization from the original phobic stimulus to stimuli of a similar nature will occur; 7. Noxious experiences which occur under conditions of excessive confinement are more likely to produce phobic reactions; 8. Neutral stimuli which are associated with a noxious experience, may develop motivating properties. This acquired drive is termed the fear drive; 9. Responses (such as avoidance) which reduce the fear drive are reinforced; 10. Phobic reactions can be acquired vicariously (Rachman 31). These theories are used to identify how people obtain phobias and other situations that may occur with phobias.
So what is it that makes people search for the next high, or feel good experience? Exercise, sex, laughter, and touch all produce positive effects within the body via chemicals in the brain. These chemicals are called endorphins, a mixture of the two words endogenous, meaning from within the body, and morphine, a powerful pain fighting drug that is also used and abused for recreational purposes. Endorphins are the body's internal pain regulators. The drug opium has been used recreationally as early in the ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures. British physician, Thomas Syndenham brought opium to the public to be used for medicinal purposes around sixteen-eighty. By the end of the seventeen-twenties o...
Fear is the emotional state that someone goes into when they feel threatened or endangered. The fact that we do not know everything makes us think that everything we do not know is feared. There are many stories that include the fear of the unknown. Each poem, story, and drama include some type of fear. In “The Yellow Wallpaper”, “Hills Like White Elephants”, and “Poof” there is an extensive amount of fear for the unknown. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ernest Hemingway, and Lynn Nottage all used the fear to their advantage while writing and making an entertainment for the readers.
Kemp describes that addiction often arises through a pursuit of pleasure, or to reduce pain. (Kemp, 2009a). The addict seeks to avoid the world, often living a narrow set of relations to the world and those in it. (Kemp, 2011).
What most people expect to hear is me looking forward to riding the roller coasters. I hope that’s not what you thought because I hate them, maybe not hate, but really I’m just not a big fan of high altitudes in general. Consequently, this is why I was always reluctant to going with my family on this trip. Nevertheless I always went. Now that you know I’m not a fan of heights you could guess what attractions I was accustomed to riding, let’s just say my height requirement was more than enough to be eligible to ride. This specific year I decided to bring a friend to accompany me and in hindsight that was a bad idea because he was a roller coaster
In the article, “The Science of Thrill-Seeking”, the author, Jennifer Dignan states a willingness for tenneagers to take risks. This happens because the brain increases the desire for new experiences. In other words, a child’s desire to try extreme sports is a desire driven by the brain. But, according to the article, “Should Kids Do Extreme Sports?”,the author, Lauren Tarshis states that psychologist Jesse Matthews says, “Kids tend to think about what is happening this minute, not what is going to happen an hour from now.” This shows that children have a desire to try new and dangerous things, but they do not understand the consequences of their
A horror movie “makes people think, what if it was reality?” said by a thrill seeker person who was waiting to watch a horror movie. Experts also cite more various reasons about why people enjoy watching scary movies. For the thrill of it and also because it seems real for thrill seekers; these are some secretes reveled to show why thrill seekers enjoy horror movies. Feeling the sense of evil and being curious about understanding humanity’s dark side makes horror movies a perfect way of enjoying these feelings, and relieving the tension of curiosity about violent, blood and terrorism. Moreover, experts said that not only desirability to blood and fear could consider as an attraction to whose ...
This paper is focused on how fear as a subject is being perceived by many as a dominant and primitive human emotion. An uncontrollable energy that’s exists and created within every individual, which is directed towards an object or a given situation that does not present an actual danger. The individual then analyzes that the fear is contradictory and thus cannot help the reaction. Gradually, the phobia aims to build up and aggravate as the fear of fear response takes hold. Eventually they distinguish their fear responses as negative, and go out of their way to avoid those reactions. ‘Fear is derived as a basic feeling and therefore created by us – it is not something we have, but something we do. The principle of fear is to keep us safe.’
Gulli, C. (2009, 10 19). Fear Factor. Maclean's, 122(40), p. 100. Retrieved April 30, 2014
Challenge plays an essential role in defining a sport; it provides the individual with the feeling of achievement in success. Skiing poses challenge even in its simplest foundations. Skiing on a poor quality hill, with icy snow and poor upkeep can sometimes create more challenge than a well-groomed slope. Skiing in the backcountry away from lifts and other people in freshly fallen snow provides an opportunity for the best of skiers to test t...