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how come some people dont get scared on roller coaster rides?
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There's a lot of chemistry and such behind it all, like the person below said.
But I don't get scared because I was forced to ride the roller coasters when I was younger, because my mom said "You can't be a part of this family unless you ride," and of course it wasn't true, but at 7 years old I didn't know that. And basically I just learned to love them.
They are so exhilarating.
--Jack
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Adrenaline creates different reactions in different people.
Take me. I am an adrenaline junkie. The physical and mental feelings I get in the midst of an adrenaline rush, well thats really the best way to describe it. A rush.
I love roller coasters. I've been skydiving and cliff diving. I'm probably going to die young doing something stupid (and loving it) on a motorcycle or something similar.
But for some of us, these things provide thrills instead of fear. Even when the adrenaline gives fear, the fear is thrilling. Its fun to do things that scare you a little bit, and its also fun to conquer fear.
Example. Skydiving. The first time you jump out of a plane... You are standing there looking out a door, the wind whips your face, and it hits you right about the time your hands are on either side of the door looking down at the ground "Holy crap I'm an idiot I'm about to jump out of an effing PLANE"
And then you close your eyes, and do it, and you're falling. You just made yourself jump out of a plane. I probably jumped up and down whooping for five minutes after I was groundside.
Its about conquering your fears and glorying in the rush that follows. And some people just don't enjoy that.
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I don't get scared on roller coasters. My heart rate increases slightly but it's adrenaline and not fear. It's because some people are thrill seekers... they'll do anything to get an adrenaline rush. (Random fact: being a thrill seeker is one characteristic of someone who has an antisocial personality disorder.)
I'm not sure why I'm a thrill seeker, but I am. My sister and I ride roller coasters until we black out. It's my idea of fun.
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