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How do you recover from seeing something awful on the Internet?

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spujb@lemmy.cafe
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pelletbucket@lemm.ee
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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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Hamartia@lemmy.world
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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.

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spujb@lemmy.cafe
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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.

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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.

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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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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.

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