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Hello, I'm a nine-year-old with anxiety (I play horror to try be brave but it just won't work), and this is true..

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As an adult with anxiety, I don't think this is a very good idea. Anxiety isn't the same as normal fear. I, for one, am not very affected by jump-scares, but that doesn't mean I'm not anxious. The other issue is that you could very easily stumble upon something that you can't un-see. There's a lot of content online, especially in horror games, that can get lodged in your brain so you can't  forget it even when you want to.

Personally the only things that worked for me were medication and meditation. In fact, I might recommend the opposite and that instead of high-stress games you try some games which can teach patience (whether that be difficult games like Celeste or Getting Over It, creative games like Minecraft, methodical puzzle games like Hexcells or Return of the Obra Dinn, there's a lot of options). Since for me, learning to slow down  and be patient goes surprisingly hand-in-hand with learning to manage anxiety.

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Actually, true. I like horror, the tame one, but if I scroll a bit too far on TT, i might find something too disturbing..