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Dr. Elena Vance, a media psychologist at UCLA, argues: "The Dark Woods Digital Playground is a form of exposure therapy. We fear the algorithm, the deep web, the rogue AI. By playing in these controlled 'woods,' we reclaim agency over our digital terror. It’s the 21st-century equivalent of telling ghost stories around a campfire—except the campfire is a glowing laptop screen at 3 AM." We are already seeing "AI-driven" creepypasta channels where