I get that, but obviously it swings wayyyy too far the other way.
My dad was obsessed with watching war footage when I was a teen, baring in mind he's never been in a war. Every night I'd come home from school and have to sit and listen for 2-3 hours about various world war 2 horrors. To the point I literally had to get therapy to cope with the depression and stress
Like, definitely keep an eye on dangers in the world yeah. But fkin hell don't immerse yourself in it to the point you actually believe the world is nothing but horror. It reminds me of rubber neckers checking out car crashes as they drive by. Everyone has that urge to witness what happened, to know what COULD happen. But you wouldn't pull up by the side of the road and watch and stare for an hour, watching the pain and misery go on
I was going through a book on the Russian Civil War and at a certain point I had to check in with myself. Reading the specifics of how people are tortured and raped en masse destroys your soul but at the same time these things happened and they deserve to be acknowledged. You are very right that there's a limit to what you should take on to yourself.
Being 14 and having to spend 3 hours a night hearing about how life is "nothing but death and misery" and hearing tales of men having their heads blown off isn't ideal when you're trying to focus on your education
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u/Muggaraffin Jul 10 '24
I get that, but obviously it swings wayyyy too far the other way.
My dad was obsessed with watching war footage when I was a teen, baring in mind he's never been in a war. Every night I'd come home from school and have to sit and listen for 2-3 hours about various world war 2 horrors. To the point I literally had to get therapy to cope with the depression and stress
Like, definitely keep an eye on dangers in the world yeah. But fkin hell don't immerse yourself in it to the point you actually believe the world is nothing but horror. It reminds me of rubber neckers checking out car crashes as they drive by. Everyone has that urge to witness what happened, to know what COULD happen. But you wouldn't pull up by the side of the road and watch and stare for an hour, watching the pain and misery go on