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.
What a great way to word it!
Thank you for taking the time to explain your way of handling tha reality of being exposed to the internet!
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
I desensitized myself years ago by looking at the worst I could find. It was bad for my mental health so I stopped. Now I’m no longer desensitized and a lot of things affect me again.
I prefer it this way.
And its bro’, bangedup.com…(nsfw, nudes, but very tame vs 20 years ago…)
…populationpaste, efukt…
I saw my first truly horrible Internet thing two decades ago, and it hasn’t gone away. Sorry.
Eyebleach:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/
is there a lemmy equivalent?
Watch something worst
Make a joke in the comments.
(A) It’s probably fake.
(b) O_o … That’s enough Internet for today. Tapping out. (Proceed to stoned state, or volunteer at a soup kitchen)
(3) SO YOU WANT TO JOUST, HEY?
I once worked in a questionable industry, where there was no such thing as NSFW (nor NSFL). My coworkers and I would have competitions to see who could freak each other out the most; this was back in the goatsie, 2g1c, and bme pain olympics days. 🤮
It’s not my thing, but at the same time it doesn’t affect me much anymore. Though, as all things evolve over time, things probably have only gotten worse.
sleep
Correction: how do you sleep after seeing something on the Internet?
Engage in something else, something fun maybe. A good movie could fix a lot of things, if that doesn’t help time is the cure for everything.
- 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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Idk, just moving on with your day and giving it time usually works for me.
I go with Fancy Fox Gaming’s chill game music compilations on YT.
Its calm music from various rpgs and farming sim kind of games. SNES era sounds, roughly.
Ignorance is a bliss.
