SAD MOVIES HELP TO REDUCE PAIN!

Good news for Horror and Drama movies fans! Recent studies of Oxford University showed that movies that get your emotions going can increase the amount of endorphins released by the brain. But, what does it mean?

 Movies that get your emotions going are movies of sad or traumatic stories; they are distressing and help you boost your tolerance to pain. Endorphins are your body's natural painkillers; chemicals that make you feel better after physical or psychological pain.

  

In conclusion the relation between watching emotional movies and pain threshold is caused because the same areas in the brain that deal with physical pain also handle psychological pain. So that mean that we smartly choose and enjoy watching sad or traumatic movies is the natural high from the endorphins our body uses to appease our pain either it is physical or psychological.

Do you know the name of some horror, drama, sad or traumatic movie? 
Why do you think it might be a pain killer according to this article?

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