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==Horror, helplessness and trauma== The paradox of pleasure experienced through horror films/books can be explained partly as stemming from relief from real-life horror in the experience of horror in play, partly as a safe way to return in adult life to the paralysing feelings of infantile helplessness.<ref>R Solomon, ''In Defence of Sentimentality'' (2004) p. 108-113</ref> Helplessness is also a factor in the overwhelming experience of real horror in [[psychological trauma]].<ref>D Goleman, ''Emotional Intelligence'' (London 1996) p. 203-4</ref> Playing at re-experiencing the trauma may be a helpful way of overcoming it.<ref>O Fenichel, ''The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis'' (London 1946) p. 542-3</ref>
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