In a segment of the first episode of Season 3 of Castle Speaks, the teens will be conversing about ghost stories. Ghost stories became one of our topics we talk about because fear sometimes comes from ghost stories that just doesn't go away from our head and that can be very fearful. This happens most of the time as children because we just simply don't know any better and believe in almost anything we hear. Now as we get older, our matured minds think otherwise.
Since ancient times, ghost stories have figured prominently in the folklore of many cultures around the world. The concept of a ghost is based on the ancient idea that a person’s spirit exists separately from his or her body, and may continue to exist after that person dies. Because of this idea, many societies began to use funeral rituals as a way of ensuring that the dead person’s spirit would not return to “haunt” the living. Ghost stories began as a way to make children behave, to be productive over a course of time, and just to enjoy themselves. But as they got more serious, the people began to take it more seriously. It became a custom to bury the dead and have a ceremony to mourn for a lost soul. Halloween is an example of the revolution of ghost stories for in the past, that day was serious and a way for Christians to be dedicated to remembering the dead, but now everyone celebrates it by dressing up and getting candy by Trick-or-Treating. Reference: History.com Staff. "History of Ghost Stories." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2017.
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In Season 3 of Castle Speaks, the Teen Program will be focusing on the topic fear. We decide to chose this topic because we have fear in our everyday lives from political problems to getting good grades in school and not disappointing the people around us. We also discuss why we tend to run away and make our decisions based on fear without thinking about other possibilities. An example is when a teen intern said, "I once saw a dog when I was young and because I'm scared of dogs, I ran away without thinking.
Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, or by something unknown or unusual to us. Fear is a chain reaction in the brain with a stressful stimulus and then releases chemicals that cause a fight-or-flight response: racing heart, fast breathing and energized muscles, etc. The fear response is almost entirely an autonomic response. We don't consciously trigger it or even know what's going on until it actually happens. Fear is hardwired in your brain for a good reason. Neuroscientists have spotted distinct networks that run from the depths of the limbic system all the way to the prefrontal cortex and back. When these networks are electrically or chemically stimulated, they produce fear, even in the absence of a fearful stimulus. Feeling fear is neither abnormal nor a sign of weakness. The capacity to be afraid is part of normal brain function. In fact, a lack of fear may be a sign of serious brain damage. References: Layton, Julia. "How Fear Works." HowStuffWorks Science. HowStuffWorks, 13 Sept. 2005. Web. 22 Feb. 2017. Tsaousides, Theo, Ph.D. "7 Things You Need to Know About Fear." Psychology Today. Psychology Today, 19 Nov. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2017. |
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