I just let things happen. And by drinking yes but not alcohol but coffee and that's my only guilty pleasure because I take coffee in an unhealthy amount in a day that I don't know why I haven't experienced palpitation yet but that aside I just let things happen like flip a coin and let it be head or tail cause no matter what I think or do I can't r...... reply
Bounce back isn't exactly the right word for me because at some point I like and love the complexity of horror or psychological stories or as you specifically said yaoi, not just the complexity but how it is entail and I absorb it like a delicacy I read for any genre I like/love. For me it's just to differentiate the situation and circumstances or ...... reply
I love horror and psychological. I just bookmark and come back a day or 2 later if I get overwhelmed. Off to read a few sweet fluffy nontoxic shorts :) Only one time I had to drop entirely cause I could not stand the abuse of the MC and it was Missing Love: The Marrying Man. I couldn't take it, had to run from it and never finished it. To this day ...... reply
I agree; depiction truly sets the tone for how the author wants the topic to be viewed and processed, so when SA is used only as a plot device with no depth or real purpose/impact, especially with how repetitive the theme of SA in BL seems to be, I cannot help but fear that it will just desensitize people to the true gravity of it. I've witnessed v...... reply
I'm very intentional about what I consume for this very reason.
The key is: Observe, don't absorb.
If you feel your mental state being really effected in a negative way by the material, its time for a break. Switch to a different media entirely. Tiktok, YouTube, a streaming service or just listening to music.
Even just moving to another room helps,...... 3 reply
I drink a lot of mate, a while back i started adding a mix of herbs known for acting as nerve sedatives, is tasteless and it rlly does calm you tf down
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Something I thought about recently was how representation really affects what your reading I was reading a horror/psychological manga and it included scenes of child grooming/SA/rape and what was so disturbing I that could genuinely relate some of these SA scenes to scenes in yaoi/bl stories and what's crazy is that one is horror and one is glorified rape but only one of them is actually seen as disturbing and the problems are actually adressed Yes not all stories are constantly about representation and sure there are reader's who call out these disturbing topics and there are reader's who say fiction is fiction and both are their opinions so I'm not segregating them into morally wrong and right But this just reminded me how depection really really changes just about everything
Religion while never make sense to me idc cause wdym I'm going to hell for gooning to yaoi but a predator is going to heaven because he repent at the last minutes 1 reply
crossing my arms and having the pointer finger of whichever hand is on top point and touch beneath my chin. like, between chin and throat, bottom of the jaw. face masks help sometimes, since people are less inclined to talk to you and it hides the bottom half of your face. fresh air and sitting on the floor too can help bring you back to earth and ...... reply
this is why religion is funny to me, so when some people happen to be gay they have to be on the same level as people like Hitler? God's judiciary system sucks ass 1 reply
'Things' are your daily life experiences by which you get to know the world around you. Tell others about the things you did, may it be cool, sad, crazy or funny. You can also find things that you might want to do and a friend to do it with!