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Why People With Anxiety Actually Love Halloween, Therapist Explains
Original: 6 Reasons People With Anxiety Love Halloween, According to a Therapist
A therapist has outlined six reasons people with anxiety can find comfort in Halloween, according to a VICE article. The piece suggests the holiday's structure, clear rules, costume anonymity, and socially sanctioned scares may make it easier to navigate than ordinary social situations, turning a typically anxiety-triggering occasion into a reassuring one for many people.
Why now: Halloween is imminent and the counterintuitive framing of a scary holiday as comforting for anxious people invites discussion.
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