YOGYAKARTA The activity of watching movies is indeed very fun. However, there are some people who have a habit of repeating watching the same film. This habit may be seen as strange because watching movies that have been watched does not bring pleasure. This happens because most of the storylines are known.

There are also those who associate these habits as a form of depression and anxiety. Then how do experts view this?

Reported at VOI, watching the same film repeatedly turns out to be able to bring benefits to mental health. The reason is that watching the same film repeatedly creates a pleasant emotional experience to pass through again.

A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research, conducted research on the impact of the experience of re-watching on the brain. Cristel Antonia Russell and Sidney J. Levy as researchers found that watching the spectacle repeatedly became a calming or therapeutic experience.

The audience's emotional relationship with the characters or storylines in the film can affect a person's ability to rewatch movies or other types of shows.

Similar, reported by psychologytoday, it is said that watching old films over and over again allows us to revive the times we have gone through. We will feel the same feeling when watching movies or listening to songs on radio for a certain decade.

While the film will take the audience to another world but we are still involved in the film incident. The audience will also link his life to the film he watches. When rewatching old films, we will probably connect with someone: starting from remembering the conversations we've ever had, jokes, and other references.

Reporting from Time Magazine, there are several benefits that a person can get to repeat watching the movies he has watched. Some of these benefits are as follows.

Jaye Derrick, a professor of psychology at Houston University, said that watching the film that has been watched will provide new energy and restore a sense of self-control. According to him, when a person is tired and tired of doing daily activities, they tend to avoid activities that have the potential to make them have to decide.

Derrick gave an example, when someone comes home from work after a day of work, he doesn't really care about what to eat for dinner. This carelessness arises because he doesn't want to make another decision to make a decision. However, watching a movie that is watched and liked will restore the energy that is lost all day.

As is known, watching a film is a form of stress outlet. However, in some conditions, a person does not have enough time to find out what film or event will fulfill his wishes. In order not to choose the wrong film and spectacle until it leads to disappointment, a person will watch the film he has watched and liked.

Humans as social creatures need feelings that are connected to others. This feeling can be obtained through watching movies by exploring the character of the character. This feeling will prevent a person from feeling lonely or feeling lost most of him who interferes with mental health.

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