Many on here watch gore. Most of us are suicidal. However, the causality might go in both directions. Suicidal people might watch more gore. And watching gore might make a person more suicidal.
When I was a suicidal teenager, abused by my mom I started watching gore. I think the suicidal thoughts came first. But it was a really unhealthy coping mechanism. I think it was very important for me staying away from more of that content after watching some videos. There are some indicators that might predict you can get PTSD from watching such content. It is a while ago I watched that German Youtube video. Take it with a grain of salt. But I think they said the people who empathize the most with the shown people have the highest risk that it will eventually haunt them. (by getting PTSD and stuff like that.) I had some nightmares years later of the worst videos I watched. I think I might fall into this category.
I am already a complete mental wreck. I don't need to being more of a mess.
Personally I have the feeling gore increases the likelihood someone commits suicide eventually. This is only my lay-man opinion. And I think this rule does not apply to all people. Some people seemingly get a comforting feeling by watching it. This is at least what some people on here described. I cannot realte to that.
Gore often desensitizes of death and suicide. This is at least what many people describe. On the other hand others said they ruled out methods after watching people dying with that method.
Take my lay-man opinion as always with a grain of salt. What do you think? I think gore might increase the likelihood of a spiral down into the abyss. Maybe I am too negative about it. The impact on my mind certainly was not good. Probably the extent of the consumption like very extreme content every single day in masses does more damage than other stuff. I had especially extreme consumption behavior in mind asking me this question.
When I was a suicidal teenager, abused by my mom I started watching gore. I think the suicidal thoughts came first. But it was a really unhealthy coping mechanism. I think it was very important for me staying away from more of that content after watching some videos. There are some indicators that might predict you can get PTSD from watching such content. It is a while ago I watched that German Youtube video. Take it with a grain of salt. But I think they said the people who empathize the most with the shown people have the highest risk that it will eventually haunt them. (by getting PTSD and stuff like that.) I had some nightmares years later of the worst videos I watched. I think I might fall into this category.
I am already a complete mental wreck. I don't need to being more of a mess.
Personally I have the feeling gore increases the likelihood someone commits suicide eventually. This is only my lay-man opinion. And I think this rule does not apply to all people. Some people seemingly get a comforting feeling by watching it. This is at least what some people on here described. I cannot realte to that.
Gore often desensitizes of death and suicide. This is at least what many people describe. On the other hand others said they ruled out methods after watching people dying with that method.
Take my lay-man opinion as always with a grain of salt. What do you think? I think gore might increase the likelihood of a spiral down into the abyss. Maybe I am too negative about it. The impact on my mind certainly was not good. Probably the extent of the consumption like very extreme content every single day in masses does more damage than other stuff. I had especially extreme consumption behavior in mind asking me this question.
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bullshit. But then I saw Saló/120 Days of Sodom. There are snuff films less disturbing than that movie. I couldn't sleep the next night over what was contained in it. And this is coming from someone who spends a lot of time with more extreme cinema like Antichrist, Martyrs, etc.
