“Face your Fears” was the theme in 2016, where we asked people to face some of their worst fears, from clowns to snakes we had it covered.
Face Your Fears
The air is cold and dry yet you break into a sweat. The shadows bleed through the darkness.
Your pupils dilate; what hides in the light is even more terrorizing. Your heart races, your breathing accelerates and you’re gasping for air. Your veins constrict, your muscles tighten and your skin crawls. You feel a soft breeze that sends shivers down your spine – or was it a touch? You want to run, but you can’t. You stand motionless.
Fear is a survival mechanism and our capacity for fear is related to our survival. Fear alerts us to dangers that threaten our well-being and sometimes even our lives. Our evolved physiological makeup causes us to fear potential threats, even those that exist only in our imaginations.
A phobia is defined as an irrational fear of an object or situation that the affected person will go to great lengths to avoid, typically disproportional to the actual danger posed. If the feared object or situation cannot be avoided, they will endure it with marked distress and anxiety.
Are you ready to conquer the fears that lurk in the dark corners of your mind? Can you handle what is waiting for you in the depths of Deadmonton Haunted House?