Unexpected reaction to gore/violence...

[ElijahMouth]

I don't know if this would be the right place to post this, it does have to do with my well being/health I guess.

Okay so I have always been cool with watching medical tv shows, movie/video game violence, all of that stuff. Seeing blood/gore has never been a problem for me. Hell, The Devil's Rejects is my favorite movie. But recently, a friend of mine showed me a couple videos with titles resembling this: "2 __ 1 __" (I hope you understand what I'm talking about because I did not intend to direct others to these videos.). They consisted of blood where I NEVER want to see blood. I almost got sick. Ever since then, every single image that had fresh blood, any kind of gore, or even violence without blood makes me feel sick, nevermind watching the remake of Halloween II.

So I think where I'm going with this is that I'm really confused and I guess a little paranoid about gore now and I don't know what to do. My whole mindset changed extremely fast and I feel like it's taking a toll on my mind and body because of me stressing so much.

Does anyone have an opinion about this? Has anyone else experienced this?

Thanks.
Elijah

P.S. Sorry again if this shouldn't have been posted here.

[ksdnfkfr]

Maybe it is something you need time to get over.
Like it left an imprint that will slowly fade away.

[NeuroTiger]

It will gradually go...just don't let yourself be exposed to those stuffs again.

[othees]

You should just avoid it.

[Coprocephalus]

Shock sites... Do not worry. As it was stated before: It will fade away after some time.

[TheBigUnit]

your fine itll probably go away

[TheMightyBruce]

Your reaction to the video is perhaps a coping mechanism entirely within normal means. Aspects of the video took you by surprise and caused a situation (classified as a stressor) in which you were horribly mortified at what you saw. Your brain is simply now attributing all associated situations to that one horrible event causing you to feel the way you do when you previously wouldn't. The first step in getting over it is realizing how illogical your body is reacting to something that isn't as disturbing. Remind yourself to note what you are feeling and target the reason why. Am I feeling this way because of the video I recently saw or because I just accidentally scraped my knee?

Don't be too stressed out with it. Remember to breathe and to relax. The video seemed to trigger the fight or flight response circuitry in your brain causing your neural pathways to shoot faster than normal. This would make you more prone to stimuli meaning you get anxious and stressed much easier. Try anything possible to calm your nerves!

Note that avoiding the circumstances can seem to be a brief remedy to the feeling. But avoidance itself is a behavioral defense mechanism which can be maladaptive under certain circumstances.

[Joseph69]

The same thing happened to me. I would constantly be thinking about the videos which I saw and every time I thought about it, I felt horribly sick.

Eventually, I stopped thinking about it as much and it's not really an issue anymore. Just remember to avoid seeing that kind of thing again in the future :P