shit_of_ass ,
@shit_of_ass@sh.itjust.works avatar

I became desensitized thanks to copious gore at 13 😂

victorz ,

Same. Although I had a couple of re-sensitizing events when each of my children were born. But sometimes the allure gets to me...

Stern ,
@Stern@lemmy.world avatar

Goatse, 1man1jar, 2girls1cup, Mr. Hands, BME Pain Olympics, and unhealthy amounts of 4chan means the horrors of today slide off me like water off a ducks back.

Whitebrow ,

Add tubgirl, 3 guys 1 hammer, kids in a sandbox, Mr hands, blue waffle and a whole lotta other stuff that shouldn’t have been as unfiltered and uncategorized as it was at the time.

Hahah_Montana ,
@Hahah_Montana@lemmy.wtf avatar

Pain Olympics... shivers

ouRKaoS ,

I'm old enough to remember renting Faces of Death on VHS.

Agent641 ,

So many chechen beheading videos. They pair well with the HD drone grenade kills coming out of Ukraine

invisiblegorilla ,

Rotten.com will do that

Interstellar_1 ,
@Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Playing guitar, or doing something else where I can't be thinking about it in the background such as Tetris as the other person mentioned, or reading a book

bloodfart ,

Just get a job and work till you make back the ten bucks…

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar
safesyrup ,

Fluffball c:

jordanlund ,
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar
Kage ,

He craves violence

safesyrup ,

Ohh thats him! Didn‘t recignise him curled up like that. Very handsome catto :)

treadful ,
@treadful@lemmy.zip avatar

Just don't dwell on it. But you'll probably think of it from time to time.

So it goes.

technomad ,
dohpaz42 ,
@dohpaz42@lemmy.world avatar

I once worked in a questionable industry, where there was no such thing as NSFW (nor NSFL). My coworkers and I would have competitions to see who could freak each other out the most; this was back in the goatsie, 2g1c, and bme pain olympics days. 🤮

It’s not my thing, but at the same time it doesn’t affect me much anymore. Though, as all things evolve over time, things probably have only gotten worse.

Magister ,
@Magister@lemmy.world avatar

Watch something worst

sp3tr4l , (edited )

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.

Kolanaki ,
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

Make a joke in the comments.

Num10ck ,

https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/

is there a lemmy equivalent?

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Ignorance is a bliss.

Nemo ,

I saw my first truly horrible Internet thing two decades ago, and it hasn't gone away. Sorry.

GrymEdm , (edited )
@GrymEdm@lemmy.world avatar

Serious answer: I remind myself it's normal to be shocked by some stuff people do/create. I check the content against my ethics, and try to decide if I'm being uptight or if it really is messed up. If it's something that isn't unethical/harmful but I just don't like, then I remind myself that not everyone needs to share my tastes.

If it's genuinely terrible I allow myself to feel the anger/sorrow for a bit, try not to let it become excessive, and congratulate myself on having limits that fit my ethics. I remind myself that good people exist and they are the ones I want to support, emulate, and engage with. As others have mentioned, distraction can also help. Video games, music, socializing - whatever will move your train of thought along.

jimmydoreisalefty ,
@jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world avatar

What a great way to word it!

Thank you for taking the time to explain your way of handling tha reality of being exposed to the internet!

spujb ,
gandalf_der_12te ,
@gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

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.

Hamartia ,

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 ,

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.

Hamartia ,

Definitely. But it does depend on the severity of the trauma. A very strong trauma will be constantly trying to retake control of your bandwidthh.

pelletbucket ,
@pelletbucket@lemm.ee avatar

if you combine Tetris with an audiobook and sour candy you can dissociate real fucking hard. also works with Pac-Man and Space Invaders

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