9 Ways to Ease Anxiety During Halloween

“Halloween activates that sense of someone being in danger and being surprised and caught unaware,” says Dr. Lauren Cook, a therapist, speaker, and author. “That ignites tribal fear of human survival… People aren’t making this up. It’s happening on a biological level.”

Why some people get spooked more easily than others depends, to some extent, on how they’re wired.

https://www.healthline.com/health/ease-anxiety-during-halloween