How do you cope after watching traumatic story

[Shard]

The best I can do is foxxos. Kitsune, fluffy tails, SaveAFox videos, tailhug pictures, etc. Fluffy tails make everything better. Just wish I could have some IRL.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I don't know. Usually, I watch/read traumatic stories for enjoyment and study as they have way more impact on the psyche than calm/happy stories. I may be uncomfortable with certain scenes but I don't think I've ever felt bad afterwards. It's usually the happy romance stories that make me feel like shit and even that is never enough to make me depressed or pained to the degree that you described.

 

[TheMonotonePuppet]

Would you change your mind if I offered to grant you one wish?

Yes. Yes I would. Gimme the wish.

Man up. ?

You are

DRUGS

all really

double down and read something even worse

fucked up.

 

[Cipiteca396]

Gimme the wish.

Your sacrifice will not be forgiven otten.

 

[Paul_Sawyer]

Would you mind sharing the title?

 

[ACertainPassingUser]

Would you mind sharing the title?

I know It's going to be quite anticlimactic, but here it is : "The Eminence in Shadow" (last episode)

Rose joining Shadow Garden reminds me of MGS V kidnapping soldier, brainwashing them, and force them to change their identity.

Spoiler

its when Rose ?choose to join the shadows, being told that her name will be replaced by numbers, and every attachment will be stripped off and destroyed into pieces.

The first time she was asked to join, she thought she has nothing more to lose and she can just sign the deal with the devil for a mere chance to save the kingdom.

But then, after getting into the base, she was asked to remove her name, her past, and remove all the clothes and item she brings. But, she finally remembered one memento of her best time when dating with Cid, and she realizes that she actually treasure it and didn't want it to be destroyed.

But the procedure must go on, and the precious memento is destroyed.

The exact moment was when Rose's attachment to her one of the most important memory in life is destroyed, along with the flashback and all the important memories that comes with it, she screamed.

Other viewer may not be bothered that much as they know who Cid is, and with so much murder and horrible atrocities happening, just another girl forced to join shady group and suffer little consequences is nothing much.

But for me, being forced to lose your identity, losing your items, losing your attachment and prove of everything that happens, is horrible.

I'm a Hikikomori NEET that didn't work physically and rarely do sport. So I don't know how painful is something is, and so I didnt react much to injury.

But I have strong and petty ego, and I don't want to lose anything that proves my identity or moment of happiness in the past.

Seeing the only memento of happiness is gone, it's no longer worth it to join that group of Satan, in my opinion.

It Reminds me of one Chinese film where one little brother destroy the only cassette that reminds the older brother of their death mother, and it's no longer fixable.

Looking back at it, one fo the most contributing factor is that I'm using high end earphone that's above JBL in audio quality, so her HD scream actually hurt me mentally. I'm quite weak to hear female's scream and suffering voices.

Spoiler

That's why I can't watch bdsm p0rn videos since I would be the one suffering instead due to listening their cries and screaming.

After this event, i really hope I just see Rose speak to me and saying that she's okay with this deal and I'm just overreacting, and then tell me to go away as she's doing just fine.

I know it's quite disappointing as the story that makes me feel traumatized and feel metaphorical punch in the gut isnt some extreme grimdark horror stories that usually contain horrible torture and suffering, but the specific scene personally hurt me due to my specific circumstances and my line of thought.

Everyone has their own kryptonite.

The problem is that the story isn't supposed to be traumatic or extreme. It's when the story surprisingly hit your ego or mindset in a way that only affects you personally that won't actually bother others.

It's like when a Mortuary workers were traumatized by the smell of "Popular Brand" dish soap because they used to wash corpses and gruesome carcass with it.

So those worker eventually hit in the gut and feel the trauma memories of washing corpses and cracarsses when they smell the "Popular Brand" dish soap, whereas normal average civilian will only relate them to another dishes soap.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

This image tells how I cope...

 

[Civilian]

This image tells how I cope...

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[Desustar]

i don't need to cope, but maybe this could help?
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but seriously, shadow of the eminence? also, if you had strong ego, then this shouldn't really affect you?

 

[gaylolis]

i don't really watch them. if i know it's going to be traumatic instead of cozy i just skip them. not a fan of it tbh.

 

[georgelee5786]

I just remember it is fiction and get over it

 

[Deleted member 84247]

What is worse than tragedy, is the tragedy of when you finish a story you love, and you are just like "What do I do now?"

 

[gaylolis]

What is worse than tragedy, is the tragedy of when you finish a story you love, and you are just like "What do I do now?"

sleep