I’ve never seen the entirety of a horror movie.

Are you astonished? To be frank, I was too when I realized this about myself.

I tried to watch horror movies several times, and I hated every minute, and ended up leaving the room/hiding under the blankets after not very long.

Last fall, I went to a haunted corn maze, and seemingly I have no stomach for “live horror” either. All it took was someone chasing me with a chainsaw for me to find the edge of the corn maze, break through the corn and get the hell out of there.

Most of my greatest friends in high school as well as some in college love the horror genre, and live for the thrill it brings. Many friends have encouraged me to watch films from this genre, and I have been labeled more than once as a “horror movie virgin.”

Call me what you will, because I honestly don’t care. Do not misunderstand me, I don’t judge people who watch horror movies. Kudos to you for being able to stomach it.

I don’t hate horror because I am some goody-two-shoes Christian who thinks you are going to hell or the equivalent if you watch this genre.

It is because I simply don't like it.

I don’t like to feel afraid. Many people acquire a thrill of sorts from feeling scared -- the reason that there is such a fascination with horror movies, haunted houses etc. This has never been an attractive prospect to me because I hate the feeling of adrenaline and/or fear -- two things that horror movies entail. I am that girl who you can’t get to watch scary movies, go the haunted houses, go skydiving, or go on a rollercoaster. I know these things might seem very different, but these are all things that I dislike or that bring me fear.

I have not met many people in my life who don’t like scary movies of some capacity. Let me put this in perspective for you. I am scared of the “bonies” in the movie "Warm Bodies" (not even a horror movie), a movie that most people would be able to watch. It scares me, I do not enjoy it, and I am not going to watch it.

The hate I have for the feeling of fear does not make me weak in any way -- I feel stronger actually, because I have realized over the years that I can stand up for myself by not partaking in something that I do not enjoy. God knows I have done this enough over the years in attempts to “fit in.”

I have come to realize this -- why would I indulge in something that I hate just because everyone else is doing it?

I don’t like horror movies and that’s okay.

Society as a generality might not agree… oh well.