Movies desensitizing? Is it worth it?

Does watching a scary movie desensitize people, to the point where the more often you watch it the less scared you will be? Is it a good thing to desensitize yourself? I often thought it makes you more cynical and paranoid in life. I feel like i am too innocent for scary movies, they are all too scary for me and i dont want it to effect my personality in a negative way like i dont want to get ptsd from it. I dont watch anything scary and then i think will i be scared of anything thriller my whole life like this everyone will be fine and my cortisol levels will go up. I am definetly not a gryffindor.

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

It doesn't work like that on all people. Maybe some will get desensitized but on others it might have the opposite effect. If you think about people who filter real stuff on social media, many of them develop PTSD instead of getting more immune to such content.