• General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    This is a good question, though. Seeing horrible things on the internet can affect you. Anywhere from getting wigged out to full out trauma is possible.

    Personally, if I come across something like that, it’s a good cue to take a quick break from screens. Go for a walk. Eat if you’re hungry. Drink if you’re thirsty. Spend quality time with your pets or plants if you have any. Pay attention to how you’re feeling and do what might be necessary to make you feel good and healthy. In that state, it’s easier to bring yourself back to the here and now. Look around you and appreciate your life. Seeing how real and raw those things are can give a person perspective, but if you overexpose yourself or ruminate on them, it can fuck you up a little bit. Even if you’re “desensitized.”

    If you’re lucky enough where things like that aren’t a regular part of your life (as it is for most of us here), use it as a lesson in not just taking care of yourself, but also of others and society as a whole. There are fucked up people in the world, yes. Sometimes the bad guys win and terrible or disturbing things happen, yes. It’s best to maintain pride in knowing you’re not trying to contribute to that problem, in whatever little way you can.

    And if you can’t seem to shake it, get some therapy. Not just for that one thing, but, it may be likely you’re slipping into rumination or worldviews that make it difficult to handle depression. Therapy is great, for real. Shop around and find a therapist you like.

      • Mom Nom Mom@nom.momEnglish
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        4 months ago
        • Pet an animal friend, or a friend’s animal, or a friend. Probably ask the friend first, or maybe don’t.
        • Don’t be afraid to hug your mom/kid/cousin/friend.
        • If animals and friends elude you, find a stuffed animal/monster/alien/person that will let you cuddle if for no other reason than because it has no choice.
        • Watch cartoons or sitcoms or romcoms, and deliver some good feels into your brain.
        • Look for eyebleach (not literally bleaching your eyes!), and try to put the terrible thing behind you.

        Good luck!
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      • lay@lemmy.zip
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        4 months ago

        Engage in something else, something fun maybe. A good movie could fix a lot of things, if that doesn’t help time is the cure for everything.

    • Hamartia@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      This is my go to type of therapy. It’s about re-centering your focus so that your mind stops looping back to the trauma./ Where it becomes problematic is then weaning yourself off the game to healthier pursuits.

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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        4 months ago

        definitely shouldn’t be an only solution, socializing and talking it over are also very helpful. i think the game just has a very specific level of escapism that neutralizes thought loops which improves the efficacy of other coping mechanisms.

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 months ago

      highly interesting. I assume it is the abstract thinking process, combined with dissociation from yourself?

      Then maybe, any puzzle computer game might provide similar effects.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I have never seen something awful, aside from.perhaps a Trump speech.

    Bearing witness to human atrocity is a duty IMO. If thats what you mean?

  • BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I got exposed to CSAM on Twitter over a decade ago. I’m still haunted by it, and anyone who does that deserves the worst things.

  • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    I go with Fancy Fox Gaming’s chill game music compilations on YT.

    Its calm music from various rpgs and farming sim kind of games. SNES era sounds, roughly.