Believing within the Loch Ness monster will make you far much less burdened than believing in God
People who believe in the Loch Ness monster are far less stressed out than Christians, boffins say.
Those who believe in a traditional religion were found to have much higher levels of distress and reduced ability to cope. But those who believe in extraordinary life forms, precognition, spiritualism, superstition and psychic powers had no links at all with stress.
People surveyed were given two questionnaires, one asking how stressed they were and the other what paranormal beliefs they held. Dr Kenneth Drinkwater, a senior lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, who conducted the study of 3,000 Brits, said previous “research suggests that paranormal beliefs such as superstition increase during times of uncertainty”.
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He added that believing in the paranormal could “help people cope with life stressors” in an uncertain world.
He said of the findings: “Although paranormal belief may not itself be predictive of lower well-being, it may indirectly reflect reduced psychological functioning.
“From this perspective, like conspiracy theory endorsement, in extreme instances heightened endorsement of paranormal belief could be symptomatic of non-adaptive coping.”
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The idea that believing in ghosts is not stressful may seem confusing, given that one British ghost hunter recently revealed a severed head tried to hop into bed with her.
Horror influencer Brocarde revealed how the head with “bulbous eyes” tried to cosy up with under the sheets after filming a ghost hunt in a haunted Whitby hotel.
The star admitted that while ghosts no longer scare her, the severed head did the job – calling it the scariest encounter she has had yet. The YouTuber and singer said that the head had “quite big, plump cheeks and looked like he was from another era”.
