“Shoah.” I couldn’t make it through all 9 hours.
Irreversible. A French film (alarm bells already) that disturbs me even to this day.
Makes you grateful for your loved ones and how fragile life can be, how one unlucky encounter can flip everything on its head and you may have no influence over any of it.
Difficult viewing for sure and the message shouldn’t be to live in fear but to enjoy every good moment you get.
Platoon.
Made me feel sick
Anything that maximizes embarrassment or cringe. Can’t watch most Will Ferrell or Borat. Ugh, it makes me so uncomfortable.
Maybe controversial but I had that with the office.
I’ve seen every episode of the office at least 4 times (and some much more) with the exceptions of Scott’s Tots. Watched it once and never went back. That one was too much.
Mr. Robot. I think I got a few seasons in and realised that watching it was negatively impacting my mental health. It’s just too depressing in parts, amazing show though. Its on hold for me to rewatch when I’ve got the emotional capacity for it.
Finished it this morning, it’s quite the rollercoaster and it gets even darker in the last season before getting lighter… My girlfriend needed a couple of breaks to get through it so don’t feel bad, it’s not for everyone…
I’ve already watched it, but my husband and I are going through it again because he hasn’t seen it. We binge watch most shows, but Mr. Robot is HEAVY and it gets heavier and weirder until the end.
My advice while watching it is to detach from the characters. Accept that anyone can die at any moment, often horribly, but know that the ending is bitter-sweet and that the show is absolutely worth the watch
I don’t know if this counts, but I own multiple copies of Spiritfarer and haven’t played it yet, because my mother suddenly passed away shortly before I learned about the game, and just watching the trailer still breaks me up a bit.
edit: sigh correction, just thinking about the trailer breaks me up a bit
Welcome to the no mom club. It sucks. It gets easier, but not for two years….
It counts. And I hope you are in a better place now.
Yup, Spiritfarer is my answer too. I played up through the first person to pass on and then couldn’t keep going.
It’s… heart-wrenching.
I haven’t played it in over a year and just can’t bring myself to fully finish it. I think I was right there, but I just… can’t.
Just thinking about it makes me misty.
I hope you’re in a better place emotionally now. But maybe continue to put off playing, unless you feel you’re ready to stare some potentially difficult things directly in the face.
Thank you for the kind words. I could tell from the trailer and reviews that it’s a beautiful, glorious labor of love that I definitely need to play… someday. I’m not there yet, but I will have a generous supply of tissues available when it happens.
Take care of yourself. 🫂
I often had to pause during episodes of Violet Evergarden. My wife always knew when I was watching it because I would be a complete mess every single episode. I finished the show but some episodes I could not take in one go.
The Gantz manga. I took a break after an event that could be described as a terrorist attack.
Full Metal Alchemist, the episode with the girl and the dog.
I remember that episode very well. Absolutely heartwrenching and disturbing
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FMA one is a real hearthchewer. I’m with you on that It came out of nowhere and it put a rail in my guts.
Gantz is an edgy circus tho. Reading it after this kid’s story, after all other things, I was somewhat prepared to this. I don’t blame you. It’s just when I was at this point, I felt like they’d do that or even worse.
The George Floyd video.
I watched maybe a minute of it the day it came out and that was enough for me forever.
Same there. I watched a lot of horror movies and another kinds of gore, and it felt like I almost lost my senses at all, but the way Chauvin did that filled me with so much confusion, hatred and sadness I couldn’t stand watching it. So routine, so senseless, like he’s used to do this daily and likes it. I felt sick. And I want this mfer to rot.
With horror movies, you at least have that layer of knowing it’s not real. Seeing the real horrors of mankind without that to protect you is truly disturbing.
Breaking Bad. I made it to the end of season 4 after trying once and stopping after just a couple episodes because the tension was so intense. I just couldn’t push further than season 4, it was taking a toll on my nerves. Brilliant writing
I stopped for a while after Walter walked into the room and walked right out. If you get my gist… Also the penultimate part was a bit too numbing to get through.
Edit: I was too cryptic but Jesse and his girlfriend were lying on the bed after shooting up heroin. What followed makes you mad at Walter as a despicable human.
Tbh I don’t get your gist 😅 which scene?
Walter watches Jesse’s girlfriend Jane choke on her own puke as she’s overdosing and does nothing to help her.
He was sneaking around in their home and did not want to risk getting caught, so he almost intervened, but then decides against it, and regrets doing nothing as she dies in front of him.
He later reveals this to Jesse during a conflict.
From Jesse’s perspective, he had just woken up and she was dead, choked on her own vomit.
Walter tells him he watched it happen and essentially admits that he could have helped.
Recently, For All Mankind, Season 1, the episode where the kid gets hit by a car and is in the hospital with a brain bleed. My son was in the hospital with a brain bleed right after his birthday and spent months in the hospital recovering. This episode hit real close to home.
I had to take a break half way through the episode and didn’t finish it until 2 weeks later.
This, indeed, strikes too close to home. Hope he’s alright now. Can’t even imagine what I could do in the same situation, and being reminded of it with a casual media, gosh.
Ahsoka leaving Anakin, both times.
Ahsoka is the best girl, but does Anakin even deserve her? Could she fix him right?
La La Land. I had just been unexpectedly dumped by my anchor partner a few days earlier. Crashed at another partners place and did a bunch of mushrooms, they put the movie on without thinking just trying to fill the time to keep me distracted. The movie about two people having a very sweet relationship then breaking up and not getting back together again was maybe a poor choice lol. We had to stop it part way through so I could ground myself but after a while I did end up pulling it together enough to finish the movie (with some crying breaks here and there). 10/10, would mushroom and watch again. Helped me process tbh, after I knew what I was getting into, very emotionally draining on me though.
Never tried shrooms yet, but had a similar experience with Amelie. Just after the break up I held myself okay, like a functional adult, but when there was a scene where Amelie felt like she’s imagining things and he’d never come for her, I teared the hell out of me, nearly vomited my guts out from the sudden strike of sadness. Doubt I’d recomend it in an altered state of mind tho - the movie is already wicked. Yet, it’s very, very sweet. If you’d come around it, feel free to write me back about how it felt, or maybe do a post here on the fediverse.
Voces inocentes. I had family killed in familiar places portrayed in this movie.
Just read the plot of that movie. Don’t feel like any words I can produce would make you feel better about it. It’s just… I hope you are now in a better place and have something to rewrite these memories over.
My girlfriend couldn’t continue watching Mommy when the war started, it just became too intense for her.
