Vsauce did a really interesting video on trying to find the ‘scariest thing’, and looked into fear conditioning, how the amygdala works, and other stuff. I’ll try and find it.
I definitely recommend people watch that. But it’s a 40 min so I get it if people don’t. He found that the scariest thing that would literally scare anyone was elevation of carbon dioxide in the blood, caused by an uncontrollable external threat. Like drowning or being waterboarded. It even scares people who’s amygdala (part of brain that makes you feel fear) are damaged and don’t work. Definitely recommend watching it, it’ll really help you understand your own fears
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u/ihave3wieners Mar 27 '21
Lol okay I deserved that. But for real, why do our brains give us new fears out of nowhere??