sleep
- 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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Oh man I remember rotten.com
Nothing is shocking anymore
I still remember browsing WPD, pretty sure the part of me that gets shocked on the internet died a long time ago
And its bro’, bangedup.com…(nsfw, nudes, but very tame vs 20 years 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.
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.
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.
I saw my first truly horrible Internet thing two decades ago, and it hasn’t gone away. Sorry.
