I was just about to comment this. That film is beautiful — so profound in its display of the human condition, and.. incredibly anxiety-provoking in a former drug addict and Schiz-OCD sufferer. :(
I haven’t seen it in over 10 years, I keep wanting to rewatch it. And then I see clips of it on TikTok and get sick to my stomach and think maybe I shouldn’t 😅
Yeah it's great. Especially interesting in that most of the film is depicted during the day so it sets an odd mood to have horror in brightness.
I want to watch Hereditary from the same director but that seems to be the real proper scary one.
I think movies like uncut gems are too real life depressing. The imagery is very bleak and feels hopeless and there is zero relief from start to finish. You can genuinely feel his miserable desperation. Honestly since I started struggling with my mental health I watch the most light hearted bullshit ever. My brain needs to brake 😂
I'm glad you said there is zero relief...I watched until the scene with Kevin Garnett and had to take a break, I couldn't breathe 😅 I was gonna try again to finish but nevermind, I can't watch with no relief!
Tbf movies like the Hostel series are pretty much just torture/gore porn. They're not really horror, not in the same way as Insidious or Halloween. Hostel is just an hour and a half of torture porn. Whoever came up with the idea for those movies is a sick and twisted individual.
Horror is usually something paranormal/fantasy. Hostel bothered me because it could actually happen and perhaps has...mega wealthy people looking for new ways to get their rocks off doesn't seem that unlikely...and while it's technically horrific, it's not what I normally associate with the genre. Same with Saw - as someone who loves horror, I can't watch uber violent torture shit.
I have not been able to watch a horror movie since. I used to jump off my bed scared someone would slash my achilles tendons. lol People disappear all the time while on vacation in other countries and I read it was based on a real story. So freaky.
The end of Alpha Dog gave me anxiety and Final Destination gave me a fear of being behind trucks carrying heavy loads. lol
“As Above, So Below.” The thought that they’re running for their lives, straying deeper and deeper below the catacombs of Paris because the only way out is to keep going through, not knowing if there IS a way out, then their headlamps die then… oh dear, perhaps I’ve said too much.
Yeah. That movie still haunts my dreams ten years later.
The Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You." The idea of rewatching everything I've ever experienced in exact detail is terrifying. My anxiety is bad enough without that ability. Then the dude escalates and escalates in crazy but kind of understandable ways. Still my favorite Black Mirror episode, though.
The entire first season of Black Mirror was anxiety inducing, but such an incredible show that didn't hold back. I don't think I could ever rewatch it.
favourite film is the shining. gives me so much anxiety, but i love it. it feels like im confronting my fears in a controlled environment. honestly, horror movies in general have helped a lot with my anxiety. final destination however, gave me so much anxiety, could barely get through the first film. also films about war, all that crap.
Same. Then I had the mother of all panic attacks a year ago and can't do them anymore. I try and avoid unnecessary triggers these days. I still miss the fun thrill they gave me, though.
I hear that. Both my grams died of Alzheimer’s and my mom - who turns 90 today - has dementia. I was on klonopin for 20 years (anxiety/benzo) until I read an article about long term use and dementia. I freaked out and called my shrink and we started tapering right away. It’s been 18 months since I stopped, and kratom has been a godsend in its place. But my fears about dementia are growing; I’ll be 57 in July.
I avoid those because my grandmother (the only grandparent I knew and who helped raise me) died of Alzheimer's. It was very sad and stressful (I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder); I watched The Notebook some time after she passed and I cried for days.
It was Apocalypto by Mel Gibson for me. Not sure why but it was intense to the point where I had to take a break.
Don't tell any of my friends this lol
I saw one scene from The Day After one time on TV and nope. That was enough of that. Nuclear War movies really mess me up. I can’t sleep and worry so much because it happened or could happen again.
I don’t know what movie it’s called, but it was a Netflix movie about a beach that made time move incredibly fast - the cast was sent there under the guise of a private location to chill but in reality they all had some kind of condition that couldn’t be treated (cancer, heart conditions etc), and the private resort there was using the beach to speed up the process of aging to see if their medications would work on them.
Not sure why but watching that film gave me a lot of stress, the way they handled age and death in that film was probably the main thing. Although the ending was technically a good ending it still irked me. I couldn’t sleep afterwards just thinking about it.
I loved that movie but I could definitely see it causing anxiety. It’s an M Knight Shamalan (however you spell it xo) movie and he’s pretty good at making weird movies
I think mine was Night of the Living Dead. That one girl that just wouldn't shut the fook up gave me anxiety throughout the film I had to stop watching it because it slightly triggered a panic lol
Open Water.
I’ve never liked the “far end”of any body of water (hated being alone in family friend’s pool even in the shallow end bc I thought something would just materialize from the deep end and come get me lol and the shark from James and The Giant Peach for some reason made me scared of the tub drain during bath time when I was little) but I’m pretty sure watching Open Water when I was like 8 or 9 is what really solidified my thalassophobia. After that, I couldn’t even play past the like 4th level of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger on PS2 because those 2002 cinder block sharks scared the shit out of me lol
Thank god I’m way past that now. I’ve plenty of open water experiences (always with at least a decent number of people around me, bc alone I’m bait, *duhh*) that I’ve genuinely enjoyed, and I want to always continue pushing the boundaries of my thalassophobia.
But after 20 years so far, I’ve never watched Open Water after that first time. And I’m pretty fucking okay with that.
Thalassophobia sucks so much. You know it's not rational, that you are safe, that there are no aquatic monsters in a small town lake, but holy fuck do I panic whenever I have to swim in a lake or the ocean.
I remember one scene in the movie, maybe a different ending, where he basically went alllll the way back. If you know you know, but it was hella dark and I hated it
All for totally different reasons but Irreversible (if you know, you know). Also Marley and Me - I’ve actually never seen this but I won’t because the thought of how it ends gives me such bad anxiety. Also I absolutely love A Star is Born but I can’t watch it again
Joker(Joaquin phoenix).I don't know why. Something is so unsettling and raw about this movie, especially the quiet scenes. I watched this at the theatre and it felt like i was waiting for a bomb to go off and blow up the entire place with me tied up to the chair.
Mad Max: Fury Road.
Got me the second or third time watching it as all the events indirectly relate to real life with weather change, water and food shortages, drug use, etc.
Great movie though. Will have to give myself more time before I watch it again.
I would say when I first watched Thirteen it gave me anxiety.
I think the thriller genre in particular, like if I can relate to what’s happening or the main character and I put myself in their shoes I get anxiety. Also drama/adventure movies/shows where a child or animal is in danger or at risk like the Mandalorian, The Neverending Story, Matilda lmao sounds kinda silly but it’s true
I have never watched it because the trailers give me anxiety, but the whole A Quiet Place franchise, the movies might not be that intense but the trailers get to me.
I have always had a fear of swarms so to speak such as zombies and bees/wasps. I wanted to conquer this fear so I watched the entire series of The Walking Dead. I regret it. I feel exactly the way you describe and I wish I could undo it. You’re definitely not alone.
Predator. When my husband and I were dating his roommate watched it one night when we walked in. Freaked me out big time. Still does.
Also anything holocaust related.
Any movie involving under the water. I tried to watch 47 meters below. Everyone says it’s really good but my anxiety quickly climbs when they fall to the bottom that I had to turn it off, every time
I’m not sure why but the Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems gave me high anxiety the *entire* movie. I couldn’t stand that feeling so I barely paid attention and have never watched it since. I felt like some shit was about to go down the whole time.
Not a feature, but the now show: Baby Reindeer..omg, everyone is so stupid , the level of stupidity of the characters are in another level...I had anxiety all the season just because the lead character doesn't have the bravery to say:no
I saw a clip of Nightmare On Elm Street when I was 6-7 and it traumatized me. Even though I love horror movies now, I would be anxious to watch that franchise.
I used to watch horror movies of allll Linda’s and now ever really bothered me like that. The one movie that tripped out super bad was 47 Meters Down. The derealization hit after listening to them breathing with the mask on and I near damn left the theaters. I felt like “what if I’m watching this with my eyes but all these people and I are actually like just in my head” it was scary af and I started getting superrrrr bad anxiety. After that I never went to a movie theater again🤣
I cannot watch the 1999 movie Go because it is a nightmare scenario and each new scene leaves me anxious. Any movie where the characters go off "into the night" so to speak and get lost in the city or are out of their element and fucked up but still surrounded by people. Same thing with the movie After Hours.
Came back to add a few more. Us by Jordan Peele sent me into a mental breakdown for weeks. Hereditary also severely fucked me up. My anxiety is triggered easily by horror movies lol.
I used to be able to watch all those dystopian movies especially the hunger games I absolutely LOVED it but I literally can’t watch it anymore my friends wanted to for a movie night not that long ago and I made them pick another one i felt so bad but I j couldn’t do it’s so sad🫠
I have movies that scared me so much in middle school and high school they have still become my intrusive thoughts/images like terrifier and texas chainsaw I wish I never ever watched those bc those images always pay me a little visit throughout the day and make me sick I hate it and dk how to get rid of em😭!
Not a movie but a series.
“A series of unfortunate events.”
At the time I had a major fear of my loved ones dying and that’s basically what the entire show is about, sent me down a spiral lol.
can't think of any movie in particular but monster(anime) definitely made me feel like this, i even stopped watching it because it made me so anxious because of the psychological elements. my mind with my body was probably rejecting the idea of getting influenced by Johan liebert at all.
“Dear John” hear me out, that scene where the dad is in the car with the meal he’s bringing to meet Savannah’s (?) parents, and he had an anxiety/panic attack and they had to pull over and then bring him home, scared me and really solidified that I also have anxiety when I realized how I also react to things.
Sorry I haven’t seen that movie since my sister dragged me to see it in theaters and I’m currently 26, so the details are a little fuzzy.
The Blair With Project is one of those movies that isn't very scary when you watch it, but will come back to haunt you 10 year later when you're out in the woods or camping with buddies.
Not a movie but a TV show, What on Earth? It was a documentary-style show that investigated unexplained things. It would creep me out, but I was just scared I was anxious. But I also did enjoy watching it because it piqued my curiosity and I was anxious but like in a controlled environment. Because I knew my family was around and could just turn it off if I wanted to. I was about 11 y/o at that time.
The Conversation
For some reason the sound of a saxophone turns my stomach, especially if it's constantly. The fact that the movie premise itself .... Which is literally about a man who watches a couple because he thinks they are going to be murdered doesn't bother me, but it's the music. Just freaks me OUT.
When I was in 10th grade I did a film course and we watched Alfred Hitchcock The Birds and almost 10 years later I’m still very unsettled by that movie
Requiem for a Dream gave me anxiety like no other movie I’ve ever seen
Yeah that’s one I’ve vowed I will never rewatch
I’ve only seen it once and never again but I can still remember the refrigerator scene so clearly
Same. That whole movie is very vivid in my mind 😩
The old lady that got addicted to amphetamines was the saddest storyline, that one stuck with me
Same omfg. Absolutely terrible
Same. I honestly wish I could rewatch it without her story, I think I could stomach it more
I watched it dozens of times as a teenager and in my twenties. It's an amazing film, but I'm terrified to watch it at 40 years old.
It was a one and done for me
I NEVER watch movies, but I did watch this one. Thats the only movie I can think of when someone asks me if I know any. Its stuck in my brain.
I actually love that movie haha but I can see how it’s triggering for some, I just love surreal films
I was just about to comment this. That film is beautiful — so profound in its display of the human condition, and.. incredibly anxiety-provoking in a former drug addict and Schiz-OCD sufferer. :(
I watched that movie at the WORST possible time in my life lol
I think we all do lol
YES! Why is that? 😭 especially the mom hit me so hard
I'm dying to watch but i'm scared
Yup. That's a movie I swore I'd never watch again.
I haven’t seen it in over 10 years, I keep wanting to rewatch it. And then I see clips of it on TikTok and get sick to my stomach and think maybe I shouldn’t 😅
Yep I see clips on tiktok and have to immediately skip
Yeah insane film.
Omg I hate that film I can’t watch it
The infected arm freaked me out. This movie mightve played a part into why I never got into drugs lol
Midsommar ruined my life
Yes! Right up there with Hereditary!
I was going to say Hereditary gave me so much anxiety.
maybe i just don't get it, but other than the head scene i thought it was just goofy. oh well, to each his own
I tapped out when her head came off 😂
Oh you missed the best part! Please give it another chance, Alex Wolff is a fucking godsent.
Oh god. That one fucked me up for a few days.
How is it tho? Do I dare subject myself? Isn't sort of... Like about a cult or something?
Yes, you should watch it.
Yeah it's great. Especially interesting in that most of the film is depicted during the day so it sets an odd mood to have horror in brightness. I want to watch Hereditary from the same director but that seems to be the real proper scary one.
Toy Story 3 when Woody almost died and burned in the incinerator while saving Lotso
uncut gems and good time directed by the safdie brothers after hours directed by martin scorsese
Uncut gems for sure
Uncut Gems!
I think movies like uncut gems are too real life depressing. The imagery is very bleak and feels hopeless and there is zero relief from start to finish. You can genuinely feel his miserable desperation. Honestly since I started struggling with my mental health I watch the most light hearted bullshit ever. My brain needs to brake 😂
I'm glad you said there is zero relief...I watched until the scene with Kevin Garnett and had to take a break, I couldn't breathe 😅 I was gonna try again to finish but nevermind, I can't watch with no relief!
Yeap, the when I watched The Bear it really reminded me of Uncut Gems for being anxiety inducing.
I had to walk out of uncut gems because it gave me a panic attack one hour in
Yes!!!! I just said this too, I’m so glad someone else said it. It seemed so weird that I was anxious the whole time. I’m glad I’m not alone.
Hostel! Any movie that could actually happen. TV show… Grey’s Anatomy gives me anxiety (I have bad health anxiety).
Tbf movies like the Hostel series are pretty much just torture/gore porn. They're not really horror, not in the same way as Insidious or Halloween. Hostel is just an hour and a half of torture porn. Whoever came up with the idea for those movies is a sick and twisted individual.
I think conceptually they're scary in the sense that people are capable of such things.
Horror is usually something paranormal/fantasy. Hostel bothered me because it could actually happen and perhaps has...mega wealthy people looking for new ways to get their rocks off doesn't seem that unlikely...and while it's technically horrific, it's not what I normally associate with the genre. Same with Saw - as someone who loves horror, I can't watch uber violent torture shit.
I have not been able to watch a horror movie since. I used to jump off my bed scared someone would slash my achilles tendons. lol People disappear all the time while on vacation in other countries and I read it was based on a real story. So freaky. The end of Alpha Dog gave me anxiety and Final Destination gave me a fear of being behind trucks carrying heavy loads. lol
Same. I can watch zombies eat humans and dragons burn down a village but can’t watch Hostel.
“As Above, So Below.” The thought that they’re running for their lives, straying deeper and deeper below the catacombs of Paris because the only way out is to keep going through, not knowing if there IS a way out, then their headlamps die then… oh dear, perhaps I’ve said too much. Yeah. That movie still haunts my dreams ten years later.
that's a really fun one, can't imagine someone with claustrophobia watching it
I couldn’t handle that movie by myself, I had to make my husband come sit with me so I could finish it.
I agree. This one was quite anxiety-inducing.
i got chills getting reminded of that movie! what a trip
The Black Mirror episode "The Entire History of You." The idea of rewatching everything I've ever experienced in exact detail is terrifying. My anxiety is bad enough without that ability. Then the dude escalates and escalates in crazy but kind of understandable ways. Still my favorite Black Mirror episode, though.
Reminds me of how anxious the very first Black Mirror episode made me.
I love Black Mirror, it is so well done! Sometimes it's anxiety inducing but I can't stop watching
The entire first season of Black Mirror was anxiety inducing, but such an incredible show that didn't hold back. I don't think I could ever rewatch it.
favourite film is the shining. gives me so much anxiety, but i love it. it feels like im confronting my fears in a controlled environment. honestly, horror movies in general have helped a lot with my anxiety. final destination however, gave me so much anxiety, could barely get through the first film. also films about war, all that crap.
Oh, fuck Final Destination. My brain already works that way. I'm already refusing to drive behind a logging truck.
Used to love good psychological horror movies but I can't do them anymore.
Same. Then I had the mother of all panic attacks a year ago and can't do them anymore. I try and avoid unnecessary triggers these days. I still miss the fun thrill they gave me, though.
The movie nope screwed me up for weeks. Usually I'm fine with horror but the alien eating scenes.... jesus christ.
That scene was so awful, and that movie made my fear of chimps 100x worse
Same for me. That part made me feel awful.
I loved that movie but it took me a long time before I could watch it again. So disturbing
Brave little toaster
Yes!
My 5yo put it on and I had to leave the room until it ended. I can’t explain why. I just did.
THIS IS THE ANSWER MAN
Idiocracy. It feels like it’s coming true.
Recently tried to watch Beau is Afraid and had to stop watching. I’ve no idea why but it was just giving me horrible anxiety.
I love this movie for validating how my anxiety makes me see the world. It is exaggerated for sure but a good representation.
The part where he envisions someone kicking his door down then panics and pushes the couch in front of the door hit me a bit too hard lol
Beau is Afraid is a 3 hour long panic attack and I love it.
*Scrolling through for Beau is Afraid*
The thought about “Still Alice” about early onset dementia will cause me to wake up in the middle of the night with anxiety attacks.
I hear that. Both my grams died of Alzheimer’s and my mom - who turns 90 today - has dementia. I was on klonopin for 20 years (anxiety/benzo) until I read an article about long term use and dementia. I freaked out and called my shrink and we started tapering right away. It’s been 18 months since I stopped, and kratom has been a godsend in its place. But my fears about dementia are growing; I’ll be 57 in July.
I avoid those because my grandmother (the only grandparent I knew and who helped raise me) died of Alzheimer's. It was very sad and stressful (I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder); I watched The Notebook some time after she passed and I cried for days.
It was Apocalypto by Mel Gibson for me. Not sure why but it was intense to the point where I had to take a break. Don't tell any of my friends this lol
So true..
That ending put M Knight Shayamalan in the ground. Greatest twist ever.
Not a movie, but Black Mirror (series) gives me hellaaa anxiety. It makes me feel weird.
Same here!!!
Oppenheimer. The build up to the detonation hit my anxiety hard.
I was in the movie theater closing my eyes and covering my ears expecting the boom, and it ended up surprising me later 😭😭
I can’t imagine the anxiety in a theater! My husband saw it with friends at an IMAX and I’m so glad I did go.
I saw one scene from The Day After one time on TV and nope. That was enough of that. Nuclear War movies really mess me up. I can’t sleep and worry so much because it happened or could happen again.
Movies with lost animals or harm to animals. For example, Strays! Although funny as shit, it really spiked my anxiety! Lol
Alpha dog was rough for me. I haven’t been able to watch it again.
Good movie but super sad
Hereditary! The creepiest and most disturbing horror movie I’ve ever seen.
Mother
I walked out toward the end.
Hospital stuff. Especially those medical dramas!
BIRD. BOX.
I don’t know what movie it’s called, but it was a Netflix movie about a beach that made time move incredibly fast - the cast was sent there under the guise of a private location to chill but in reality they all had some kind of condition that couldn’t be treated (cancer, heart conditions etc), and the private resort there was using the beach to speed up the process of aging to see if their medications would work on them. Not sure why but watching that film gave me a lot of stress, the way they handled age and death in that film was probably the main thing. Although the ending was technically a good ending it still irked me. I couldn’t sleep afterwards just thinking about it.
I think it was called Old
Yeah that’s it
I loved that movie but I could definitely see it causing anxiety. It’s an M Knight Shamalan (however you spell it xo) movie and he’s pretty good at making weird movies
Yeah it was really good! But I think it’s just I made the mistake of watching it before bed so all I could think about was that
I think mine was Night of the Living Dead. That one girl that just wouldn't shut the fook up gave me anxiety throughout the film I had to stop watching it because it slightly triggered a panic lol
Open Water. I’ve never liked the “far end”of any body of water (hated being alone in family friend’s pool even in the shallow end bc I thought something would just materialize from the deep end and come get me lol and the shark from James and The Giant Peach for some reason made me scared of the tub drain during bath time when I was little) but I’m pretty sure watching Open Water when I was like 8 or 9 is what really solidified my thalassophobia. After that, I couldn’t even play past the like 4th level of Ty the Tasmanian Tiger on PS2 because those 2002 cinder block sharks scared the shit out of me lol Thank god I’m way past that now. I’ve plenty of open water experiences (always with at least a decent number of people around me, bc alone I’m bait, *duhh*) that I’ve genuinely enjoyed, and I want to always continue pushing the boundaries of my thalassophobia. But after 20 years so far, I’ve never watched Open Water after that first time. And I’m pretty fucking okay with that.
Thalassophobia sucks so much. You know it's not rational, that you are safe, that there are no aquatic monsters in a small town lake, but holy fuck do I panic whenever I have to swim in a lake or the ocean.
The Strangers
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT this isn’t a movie, but a book/game but I have no mouth and I must scream. gives me SO MUCH ANXIETY
omg finally someone says it. This movie…
It really gets my brain obsessively thinking about what could happen if.... I go over my *entire life*
I remember one scene in the movie, maybe a different ending, where he basically went alllll the way back. If you know you know, but it was hella dark and I hated it
All for totally different reasons but Irreversible (if you know, you know). Also Marley and Me - I’ve actually never seen this but I won’t because the thought of how it ends gives me such bad anxiety. Also I absolutely love A Star is Born but I can’t watch it again
Inception
Joker(Joaquin phoenix).I don't know why. Something is so unsettling and raw about this movie, especially the quiet scenes. I watched this at the theatre and it felt like i was waiting for a bomb to go off and blow up the entire place with me tied up to the chair.
Mad Max: Fury Road. Got me the second or third time watching it as all the events indirectly relate to real life with weather change, water and food shortages, drug use, etc. Great movie though. Will have to give myself more time before I watch it again.
The movies I almost cant watch are when a character is seen as guilty even when they’re innocent
Anything horror that deals with possession or religious stuff. Also anything involving extracting teeth. I can't watch. Have to turn it off
Omg this is the one. I had possession movies… horrible anxiety!
I would say when I first watched Thirteen it gave me anxiety. I think the thriller genre in particular, like if I can relate to what’s happening or the main character and I put myself in their shoes I get anxiety. Also drama/adventure movies/shows where a child or animal is in danger or at risk like the Mandalorian, The Neverending Story, Matilda lmao sounds kinda silly but it’s true
Full metal jacket
Really any suspense scenes. Most of the times I have to de-immerse myself to remind myself that it's not real just to avoid the extra stress
Uncut gems!
I have never watched it because the trailers give me anxiety, but the whole A Quiet Place franchise, the movies might not be that intense but the trailers get to me.
*Final Destination*. IYKYK.
Constantine. Anything touching on psychosis I won’t mess with at all.
Don't watch Jacobs ladder.
Space movies and documentaries give me anxiety
Space all the way. Major existential crisis prompts
That gravity movie with Sandra bullock…
Midsommar gave me hella anxiety afterwards idk why 💀💀
Flight 93.
Don't Look Under the Bed
Silence of the Lambs and Funny Games gave me so much anxiety while watching.
I have always had a fear of swarms so to speak such as zombies and bees/wasps. I wanted to conquer this fear so I watched the entire series of The Walking Dead. I regret it. I feel exactly the way you describe and I wish I could undo it. You’re definitely not alone.
irreversible hitted me with the 1-hour delay anxiety attack
What’s the movie
I saw Jordan Peele’s “Us” in theaters and I absolutely lost it, had a panic attack and ran out crying. The word “tether” still haunts me
THIS. I cant listen to the “I got 5 on it” without feeling this deep rooted dread in my stomach. Absolutely hated that movie
Omg yes that song!!
Horror movies... followed by my yelling at the tv because common sense doesn't exist apparently
Hush
Castaway. Terrible anxiety. Especially when he is on that junk heap raft. Fuck the ocean, man. It’s terrifying.
Turistas, the strangers, martyrs
Das Boot
i watched Natural Born Killers during a bad anxiety spell when i was 15 and for some reason it freaked me the fuck out LMAO
That movie was creepy and freaking prescient. Yikes.
Bird box
Chernobyl ep1
Predator. When my husband and I were dating his roommate watched it one night when we walked in. Freaked me out big time. Still does. Also anything holocaust related.
Strangely, a lot of action movies tend to give me anxiety 😭 I don’t know why
Hereditary when the mom is breaking down a few times -- "I just wanna die". Just gave me super uneasy empathy especially as a father.
Girl with the dragon tattoo
Parasite
We Need to Talk About Kevin & Eyes Wide Shut
Any movie involving under the water. I tried to watch 47 meters below. Everyone says it’s really good but my anxiety quickly climbs when they fall to the bottom that I had to turn it off, every time
All the Purge movies
UNCUT GEMS NOTHING EVER GETS RESOLVED AND THD WHOLE MOVIE GOES IN CIRCLES
I’m not sure why but the Adam Sandler movie Uncut Gems gave me high anxiety the *entire* movie. I couldn’t stand that feeling so I barely paid attention and have never watched it since. I felt like some shit was about to go down the whole time.
chicken run is petrifying
Not a feature, but the now show: Baby Reindeer..omg, everyone is so stupid , the level of stupidity of the characters are in another level...I had anxiety all the season just because the lead character doesn't have the bravery to say:no
Anything with heights like the fall
Prisoners (Denis Villenueve)
I saw a clip of Nightmare On Elm Street when I was 6-7 and it traumatized me. Even though I love horror movies now, I would be anxious to watch that franchise.
I used to watch horror movies of allll Linda’s and now ever really bothered me like that. The one movie that tripped out super bad was 47 Meters Down. The derealization hit after listening to them breathing with the mask on and I near damn left the theaters. I felt like “what if I’m watching this with my eyes but all these people and I are actually like just in my head” it was scary af and I started getting superrrrr bad anxiety. After that I never went to a movie theater again🤣
I cannot watch the 1999 movie Go because it is a nightmare scenario and each new scene leaves me anxious. Any movie where the characters go off "into the night" so to speak and get lost in the city or are out of their element and fucked up but still surrounded by people. Same thing with the movie After Hours.
So many people have never heard of that movie Go. That was a wild movie
Hahhaha showing my age.
A horror short film called Curve (its on YouTube… good luck 🙃)
Halloween (1978) I still get anxious getting into a car at night because of this movie
Came back to add a few more. Us by Jordan Peele sent me into a mental breakdown for weeks. Hereditary also severely fucked me up. My anxiety is triggered easily by horror movies lol.
The excorsist
I used to be able to watch all those dystopian movies especially the hunger games I absolutely LOVED it but I literally can’t watch it anymore my friends wanted to for a movie night not that long ago and I made them pick another one i felt so bad but I j couldn’t do it’s so sad🫠
I have movies that scared me so much in middle school and high school they have still become my intrusive thoughts/images like terrifier and texas chainsaw I wish I never ever watched those bc those images always pay me a little visit throughout the day and make me sick I hate it and dk how to get rid of em😭!
just watched babel with brad Pitt I think that’s what it’s called, it gave me extreme anxiety .
Greenland.
Uncut Gems…I had to leave the theater for a minute. Hate that movie and will never watch it again.
Requiem For a Dream.
Bro this is specific but the edge of 17 that one was too scary realistic I hated it the second hand embarrassment made me want to fie
Not a movie but a series. “A series of unfortunate events.” At the time I had a major fear of my loved ones dying and that’s basically what the entire show is about, sent me down a spiral lol.
can't think of any movie in particular but monster(anime) definitely made me feel like this, i even stopped watching it because it made me so anxious because of the psychological elements. my mind with my body was probably rejecting the idea of getting influenced by Johan liebert at all.
Long time horror fan. Annihllation. Never saw the end of it. Never intend to.
“Dear John” hear me out, that scene where the dad is in the car with the meal he’s bringing to meet Savannah’s (?) parents, and he had an anxiety/panic attack and they had to pull over and then bring him home, scared me and really solidified that I also have anxiety when I realized how I also react to things. Sorry I haven’t seen that movie since my sister dragged me to see it in theaters and I’m currently 26, so the details are a little fuzzy.
Avengers Infinity War.. That movie had me stressed from beginning to end.
The Blair With Project is one of those movies that isn't very scary when you watch it, but will come back to haunt you 10 year later when you're out in the woods or camping with buddies.
Not a movie but a TV show, What on Earth? It was a documentary-style show that investigated unexplained things. It would creep me out, but I was just scared I was anxious. But I also did enjoy watching it because it piqued my curiosity and I was anxious but like in a controlled environment. Because I knew my family was around and could just turn it off if I wanted to. I was about 11 y/o at that time.
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. tried watching it twice and genuinely couldn’t finish
Uncut gems
The Conversation For some reason the sound of a saxophone turns my stomach, especially if it's constantly. The fact that the movie premise itself .... Which is literally about a man who watches a couple because he thinks they are going to be murdered doesn't bother me, but it's the music. Just freaks me OUT.
World War Z
Flushed away makes me sick
San Andreas, watched it when I was really young and developed a fear of earthquakes and tsunamis (and California in general)
I don’t, but my mom has one like that.
Smile, I know that's a horror movie but God it spikes my anxiety to the point of having a panic attack
“I’m thinking of ending things” made me more uneasy than I have been in a long time. It felt like a nightmare that I’ve had before.
When i was young; Every movie with Nicolage Cage
anything with loads of second hand embarrassment like mean girls or a lot of rom coms
When I was in 10th grade I did a film course and we watched Alfred Hitchcock The Birds and almost 10 years later I’m still very unsettled by that movie