Help best music/tv shows/films not related to romance or breakups?

[Yume Nikki]

Any form of good media to consume that doesn't involve people falling in love or breaking up? I'm still struggling to cope with life after my ex discarded me and I want no reminders of romance or heartache. There's music that plays in my dentist's office that constantly plays love songs which increases my suicidal tendencies even more and I have to avoid social media posts about people dating or I'll begin to start thinking about giving up on life entirely. I'm not looking forward to dating again either because I don't want to risk getting abused and/or abandoned again.

Video games such as Minecraft and Among Us has helped me so much, but I would love to explore other things that don't include couples starting a family or getting a divorce.

 

[sadalways]

Video game? Runescape, lmao. Just cookie clicker in mmo form. It's really not for everyone though.
Not sure about tv shows or films, since lots of them do have that.
And for music i'd say look into instrumental music, like EDM, or metal subgenres (death metal for example) if you are into that. I personally listen to a lot of american rap that has nothing to do with love or feelings, i know many people hate it but it helps me take my mind off of things because i know how seeing love everywhere can affect you when you feel that way, i'm the same.

 

[Yume Nikki]

Video game? Runescape, lmao. Just cookie clicker in mmo form. It's really not for everyone though.
Not sure about tv shows or films, since lots of them do have that.
And for music i'd say look into instrumental music, like EDM, or metal subgenres (death metal for example) if you are into that. I personally listen to a lot of american rap that has nothing to do with love or feelings, i know many people hate it but it helps me take my mind off of things because i know how seeing love everywhere can affect you when you feel that way, i'm the same.

Yeah, I've been trying to get into first-person shooters or war games because so much media focuses entirely around getting a romantic partner and starting a family with them when all it does is bring me feelings of sadness, anger, jealousy, and frustration. (Especially witnessing the abuse my mom went through with my dad, it's hard to see love as anything special when it brought me so much pain)

I'm not too hopeful about finding love either since this world glamorizes the idea of ghosting, cheating, discarding, abusing and other shitty behavior towards their partners. I don't mind people making media about it, but I feel like it's been shoved down my throat everywhere I go and I can't escape it... they show the positive sides of love but never the downside of it. That's why most movies are a no-no for me. Video games on the other hand. let me escape and give me so much power in how I can control my environment without real-life problems getting in the way, like I can build a happy farm in Minecraft and be distracted by the world around me instead of shitty men trying to ruin my life. I genuinely would've ctb a long time ago if it weren't for them.

 

[sadalways]

Yeah, I've been trying to get into first-person shooters or war games because so much media focuses entirely around getting a romantic partner and starting a family with them when all it does is bring me feelings of sadness, anger, jealousy, and frustration. (Especially witnessing the abuse my mom went through with my dad, it's hard to see love as anything special when it brought me so much pain)

I'm not too hopeful about finding love either since this world glamorizes the idea of ghosting, cheating, discarding, abusing and other shitty behavior towards their partners. I don't mind people making media about it, but I feel like it's been shoved down my throat everywhere I go and I can't escape it... they show the positive sides of love but never the downside of it. That's why most movies are a no-no for me. Video games on the other hand. let me escape and give me so much power in how I can control my environment without real-life problems getting in the way, like I can build a happy farm in Minecraft and be distracted by the world around me instead of shitty men trying to ruin my life. I genuinely would've ctb a long time ago if it weren't for them.

I can relate to this SO much when it comes to the love part. It hurts so much. I'm sending you many hugs, i absolutely hate when media shoves that romance stuff down everyones throats like... why are they even doing that, show something else for once. I get sad even when i see characters in movies kiss or do anything romantically

Also speaking of minecraft, if you ever get bored of vanilla, i'd sugest looking into modpacks! I forgot to mention that, there are some that are really really fun, depending on what you enjoy doing.

 

[Yume Nikki]

I can relate to this SO much when it comes to the love part. It hurts so much. I'm sending you many hugs, i absolutely hate when media shoves that romance stuff down everyones throats like... why are they even doing that, show something else for once. I get sad even when i see characters in movies kiss or do anything romantically

Also speaking of minecraft, if you ever get bored of vanilla, i'd sugest looking into modpacks! I forgot to mention that, there are some that are really really fun, depending on what you enjoy doing.

Sending hugs back, I get jealous when I see people in media do anything romantic as well. It feels like I'm missing out and then I get intrusive thoughts of my ex experiencing love with someone else that isn't me anymore. Romance stuff is just triggering now, and it's been 5 months after our separation... still can't bring myself to watch anything involving people kissing or cuddling. I'm sorry you also feel this way, but it's totally valid to not want to watch anything like that when our hearts have been broken.

I guess that's why I like independent female protagonists now like Wednesday Adams, Ripley, Moana, The Bride from Kill Bill, etc. also male ones too like Sherlock, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and RJ Macready.

I am interested in modpacks but I struggle with downloading them, I might need to ask my brother for assistance. The mods I grew up with were the Aether mod and Mo Creeps N Weirdos, but they are ancient now haha, Not sure if I can still install them.

 

[Skallagrim]

TV: The Penguin.

I was about to say "Columbo", but eve that has loads of "Mrs Columbo".

Music: My stuff! It's weird though, about ravens and lions and weird stuff like that.

Decent escapist movies with absolutely no romance angle at all:

Hunt for the Red October.
Clue (or Cluedo).
First Blood.
Master and Commander.
Salems Lot.
6 Days.
Valhalla Rising (it's pretty brutally violent though).
Call of the Wild.

 

[sadalways]

Sending hugs back, I get jealous when I see people in media do anything romantic as well. It feels like I'm missing out and then I get intrusive thoughts of my ex experiencing love with someone else that isn't me anymore. Romance stuff is just triggering now, and it's been 5 months after our separation... still can't bring myself to watch anything involving people kissing or cuddling. I'm sorry you also feel this way, but it's totally valid to not want to watch anything like that when our hearts have been broken.

I guess that's why I like independent female protagonists now like Wednesday Adams, Ripley, Moana, The Bride from Kill Bill, etc. also male ones too like Sherlock, Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, and RJ Macready.

I am interested in modpacks but I struggle with downloading them, I might need to ask my brother for assistance. The mods I grew up with were the Aether mod and Mo Creeps N Weirdos, but they are ancient now haha, Not sure if I can still install them.

When it comes to modpacks, you could look into curseforge, it's pretty easy to install them. Or look into prism launcher for minecraft on youtube, can download modpacks from there too iirc. There's PLENTY of modpacks ranging from tech stuff that changes the whole game to basic vanilla overhauls. Or yeah, you could ask your brother for assistance if youtube tutorials don't make sense

And yep, the jealousy part is so true, it gives me some sort of pain in my chest, although for me it's more like the fact i never got to experience it and probabaly never will. I did have some one week lasting relationships but those didn't go anywhere past like basic talking back and forth, because they'd leave me for someone better, so i just accepted that i'll die alone at this point. Still have a little bit of hope left, but that seems to be fading away.

 

[Yume Nikki]

When it comes to modpacks, you could look into curseforge, it's pretty easy to install them. Or look into prism launcher for minecraft on youtube, can download modpacks from there too iirc. There's PLENTY of modpacks ranging from tech stuff that changes the whole game to basic vanilla overhauls. Or yeah, you could ask your brother for assistance if youtube tutorials don't make sense

And yep, the jealousy part is so true, it gives me some sort of pain in my chest, although for me it's more like the fact i never got to experience it and probabaly never will. I did have some one week lasting relationships but those didn't go anywhere past like basic talking back and forth, because they'd leave me for someone better, so i just accepted that i'll die alone at this point. Still have a little bit of hope left, but that seems to be fading away.

I totally understand, dying alone is probably one of the biggest reasons as to why I want to ctb. My future is hopeless, I don't have a partner anymore to share it with. I was abandoned and discarded like nothing. And if I have to deal with the same heartache with another person, I think I might just lose it.. my mom is getting older, and my cousins have already grown up in Poland so I have no other family left besides her. The only way to not die alone is to find someone and even then it's not guaranteed you'll stay together forever. I can't put my faith and trust into people because usually the same people that backstab me are either my friends or my ex.... it's never from my enemies.