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Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health?
    #22440643 - 10/27/15 03:11 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I just watched the most recent episode of the walking dead and it was a super grim, dark, violent, sad episode where the worst happens to everyone, a hopeless episode and generally show.

Do you think watching shows like this that are violent, bleak, horrific etc has a negative effect on psychological and emotional health?

I am leaning towards yes and thinking from now on I will watch exclusively comedies. Life is dark enough without imagining even worse futures.

On the other hand the best shows are often the darkest and they can be enjoyable.

What do you think? Would we be happier if we only watched uplifting media?


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22440667 - 10/27/15 03:17 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I'm compelled to agree. I've been lurched from happiness to depression by the impact of certain media alone. Reading the short story Guts by Chuck Palahnuik when I was like 14 disturbed me so much I couldn't sleep for days and I was sick as fuck to my stomach anxious. Same thing happened after I watched this video "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" (? not sure if this is the title, there's a shroomerite who has a still from it in his avatar), shit caused some serious anxiety for me. Although in that case one of the reasons for my trauma was that I witnessed my brother having a seizure for the first time shortly after the video.

But I digress. I tend to avoid media that I know will be depressing, hopeless, unsettling, etc. unless it's worthy of whatever bad feelings it may cause. The two examples I listed earlier are not. Some might say that makes me a boring person, but it's worth it for me to do whatever I can to improve my mental health. Same reason I try to go to bed early and wake up early most nights :shrug:


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22440671 - 10/27/15 03:19 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I don't really know. If it's damaged my mental health I haven't noticed. On one hand, though, shows like that could make you grateful for how nice your life is in comparison. :shrug:

Watching only comedies or only uplifting shows would get pretty boring to me, personally. Idk if it's a bad thing, but suspense and horror are my thing when it comes to shows, there's only a few comedies that can actually make me laugh.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: hex_enduction]
    #22440697 - 10/27/15 03:26 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

sitting down and binge watching 6 hours of walking dead every day for a week? yeah, you might have a nightmare or two

but watching it once a week, i really doubt its going to effect someones mental health


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22440708 - 10/27/15 03:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Nope, I basically only watch comedy and I'm still miserable, comedy is an escape and nothing more, for me anyway, once the laughter is over its right back to shit

I think the grim, sad, misfortune, violence of life is the driving fuel of most comedy anyway, it's a yin and yang type of thing IMO, that type of shit fills people with a need to laugh and comedy gives them that outlet, they stuff the void inside of them with funny, so to speak


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22440801 - 10/27/15 03:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Stop watching those shows that make you all gloomy.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Sun King]
    #22440820 - 10/27/15 04:01 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I think this stuff most certainly changes us. Music, shows, games, and every source of art can change you.

It is their creativity and opinions being shown to you. Just like surrounding yourself with certain people and you become more like them.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22441054 - 10/27/15 05:05 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Garbage in, garbage out.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22441157 - 10/27/15 05:32 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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from now on I will watch exclusively comedies. Life is dark enough without imagining even worse futures.

On the other hand the best shows are often the darkest and they can be enjoyable.

What do you think? Would we be happier if we only watched uplifting media?




Dude, this is so me. I only watch things that'll make me smile, usually comedies.

It makes me a much happier person.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: ThatKidWithTheFace]
    #22441170 - 10/27/15 05:35 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Do you think watching shows like this that are violent, bleak, horrific etc has a negative effect on psychological and emotional health?




Yes.

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On the other hand the best shows are often the darkest and they can be enjoyable.





Yes.

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What do you think? Would we be happier if we only watched uplifting media?




No. Life is not purely happy and uplifting. In fact sometimes it's hard and downright cruel. There must be balance.
I think awareness of the dark is important but don't saturate yourself completely in it.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22441174 - 10/27/15 05:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

The bad acting is probably worse for mental health...

Feels like I'm wasting my life away trying to sit through that garbage.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Hobozen]
    #22441213 - 10/27/15 05:45 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

no, i think teenage dramas are far worse, they teach girls that everything is a game about micromanaging and putting people down lol


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Adolin]
    #22441245 - 10/27/15 05:53 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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sitting down and binge watching 6 hours of walking dead every day for a week? yeah, you might have a nightmare or two

but watching it once a week, i really doubt its going to effect someones mental health



basically your saying at larger doses it has an effect but in smaller doses it doesnt? that doesnt make any sense, it obviously does just not as noticeable


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Konyap]
    #22441254 - 10/27/15 05:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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no, i think teenage dramas are far worse, they teach girls that everything is a game about micromanaging and putting people down lol




Which is what women need to know to be women.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: ThatKidWithTheFace]
    #22441270 - 10/27/15 05:59 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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no, i think teenage dramas are far worse, they teach girls that everything is a game about micromanaging and putting people down lol




Which is what women girls need to know to be women girls.




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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Hobozen]
    #22441273 - 10/27/15 05:59 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Same thing :shrug:


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22441339 - 10/27/15 06:19 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Personally I think it's bad for the mind, and choose to watch or do other things.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22441427 - 10/27/15 06:34 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

when Glenn died I almost cried, so maybe.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Lucis]
    #22441453 - 10/27/15 06:38 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

when i first read this i thought it said "Are shows like the grateful dead bad for mental health?"


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Cowb0yNeal00] * 1
    #22441478 - 10/27/15 06:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

From now on I am in a strict media diet - only engaging with positive, uplifting and optimistic media, and I'll try to spend my time reading good books, writing and watching comedy.

I want to spend my days laughing and I don't want to see people being murdered or eaten.

Better late then never .


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22441490 - 10/27/15 06:44 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

good idea man
good luck with your spiritual journey
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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Lucis]
    #22441532 - 10/27/15 06:51 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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when Glenn died I almost cried, so maybe.




He ain't even dead. Watch.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Cowb0yNeal00]
    #22441555 - 10/27/15 06:56 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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sitting down and binge watching 6 hours of walking dead every day for a week? yeah, you might have a nightmare or two

but watching it once a week, i really doubt its going to effect someones mental health



basically your saying at larger doses it has an effect but in smaller doses it doesnt? that doesnt make any sense, it obviously does just not as noticeable




why doesnt it make any sense? it works that way with everything else


argueing with your wife for 6 hours a day for a week will have an effect on your mental state.

1 hour a week? not so much



same goes for drugs. staying up for a week doing meth wont be as bad as taking one dose a week


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Eminence]
    #22441556 - 10/27/15 06:57 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Anything you experience including television can affect your mental health.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Adolin]
    #22441582 - 10/27/15 07:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Gresh said:
Quote:

Cowb0yNeal00 said:
Quote:

Gresh said:
sitting down and binge watching 6 hours of walking dead every day for a week? yeah, you might have a nightmare or two

but watching it once a week, i really doubt its going to effect someones mental health



basically your saying at larger doses it has an effect but in smaller doses it doesnt? that doesnt make any sense, it obviously does just not as noticeable




why doesnt it make any sense? it works that way with everything else


argueing with your wife for 6 hours a day for a week will have an effect on your mental state.

1 hour a week? not so much



same goes for drugs. staying up for a week doing meth wont be as bad as taking one dose a week


no you said 6 hours per day of watching it will effect your mental health. But you also said watching watching it just once a week won't effect it At all.
if you smoke meth once a week its still bad for your health, just not as much as if you were going to everyday


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Cowb0yNeal00]
    #22441611 - 10/27/15 07:08 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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no you said 6 hours per day of watching it will effect your mental health. But you also said watching watching it just once a week won't effect it At all.






false.

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but watching it once a week, i really doubt its going to effect someones mental health




i said "i really doubt". i didn't say 'at all' either. and i didn't claim to be an expert, so piss of with your nitpicking

shit. watching a lady gaga music video will effect your damn mental health. its all about proportions.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe] * 1
    #22441737 - 10/27/15 07:34 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I watch a lot of Liveleak for a long time, which is often a lot of (real) murders, people (really) getting killed in accidents, as well as stupid and uplifting videos.
Basically raw reality. It's all real life videos, shot in the real world or from CCTV/dashcam footage.
I've been watching stuff like this for as long as the internet has had it. Do I have a morbid fascination with death? Not really. But it's part of actual reality in the real world and to be completely sheltered from that is to be ignorant.

But I can tell you I certainly have gained a finer appreciation on the fragileness of human life and how important it is to remain situationally aware of your surroundings.
Has this made me a cruel, merciless person? I don't think so. It's given me a broader perspective I think.

I don't really watch any TV and I only really watch shows or movies I'm REALLY interested in seeing and I go after them specifically. All my shit is documentaries, whatever movies I'm interested in, and real life footage/dashcam videos and shit like that.

Watch uplifting stuff? Sure. But to completely rid yourself of consuming any "negative" media (whatever that means) completely is just ignoring reality, IMO.

But yeah, stay away from terrible acting, bad plot lines and ridiculous indoctrination or mind manipulation techniques or complete fear-based programming.
After all that's what the TV was developed for, as a 'mind programming' device. Don't believe me? Read the patents.

So what am I saying? I don't know. Just be selective. There is definitely a lot of garbage out there. Stay away from garbage. 
But I really don't think that only absorbing "happy" media is going to make you happier inside.
Plus people who are just super happy ALL the time are living in lala land IMO.
The human experience is a wide range of feelings and emotions across an entire spectrum.
I've never seen walking dead so I can't really comment on that.
But moderation in all the things. Too much of ANYTHING can be bad.
I think nothing but uplifting crap disconnects you from being grounded. Nothing but negative crap obviously is also not good. Balance.
Besides, 'positive' and 'negative' are just 3rd dimensional concepts, all is of the same origin. Two sides of the coin.
Darkness is presented as a challenge to be overcome and transended. Which means facing it head on, not pretending it doesn't exist.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Shroomism]
    #22441823 - 10/27/15 07:57 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

The aberrant nature of the human mind should always be treated on a subjective level. What one person might laugh away can deeply scar another due to many potential factors or for no apparent reason whatsoever.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22441825 - 10/27/15 07:58 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

True dat I suppose


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    #22441843 - 10/27/15 08:02 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I mean you can argue whether 6 hours a day of this or that is bad... but where does that really get you. You gotta be able to make up your own mind whether something is healthy or not.


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    #22442072 - 10/27/15 08:47 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22442105 - 10/27/15 08:51 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Going by the post history, that might not be a bad thing for you, Moonshoe.

I'm pretty sensitive and somewhat impressionable when guard is down.  That last episode had me tearing up.  Same thing when Beth died.  I'll attribute that to rich character development, the main reason I watch the series aside from zombie-action.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22442117 - 10/27/15 08:54 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I saw someone in New Mexico killed there friend after binge watching the walking dead. He said his friend tried to bite him so he killed him. They were also drinking heavily lol


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: birdeatingspider]
    #22442120 - 10/27/15 08:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

character development... lol

they need some acting development first :lol:


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Hobozen]
    #22442232 - 10/27/15 09:13 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

yah its possible glen is alive and it was all that scared dudes imagination, they zoomed in on his face too so after that point it could have been him thinking about the worst thats about to happen to them.

that being said, it is about time one of the group dies, glens character wasn't adding much to the show recently anyway, the romance between him and his wife has always seemed a bit try hard and unrealistic.  His death opens up the possibility of either the ninja chick having a lesbian relationship, or ricks son taking over, both which would be far more satisfying.

anyways, the shows good for mental health.  Being shown rainbows all your life gives you a false sense of the world, that is bad mental health because the first time something bad happens u arn't going to be prepared and you will crack much easier like an egg that got dropped.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #22442285 - 10/27/15 09:25 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

That furry Chuck Norris marsupial hybrid probably isn't good for anyone's mental health!


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: passifloracaerulea]
    #22442302 - 10/27/15 09:29 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

thats why the kittys are their to help show balance, plus if we are in hell right now, were not meant to have good mental health anyway


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: makaveli8x8]
    #22442333 - 10/27/15 09:34 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

we're meant to rise above this hellish acting bro



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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Hobozen]
    #22442343 - 10/27/15 09:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

its a zombie show lol, the genre isnt exactly known for good acting


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Adolin]
    #22442349 - 10/27/15 09:38 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

i'm just messing around :lol:

but it WAS zombies untill around the later seasons when it started getting all dramatic and shit, which is when is started getting sick of the damn acting.


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22442357 - 10/27/15 09:39 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Here is my experience on a personal experiment.

I use to watch a lot of horror / devastating disturbing movies and drank a lot of Jack Daniels at the time and would black out, and turn into a horrible person.  (I believe what you take in through your eyes and ears determines your true subconscious)

I quit Jack Daniels and also stopped watching or listening to anything negative,,,, I only take in comedy or feel good kind of music, etc.

I have blacked out a couple times since then, and each time my girlfriend says I was the happy funny guy (even though I can't remember)

So point being, I proved to myself that what you take in through your eyes and ears determines what is in your soul / subconscious.

If any horror fans that take it in on a regular basis disagree with me, please drink a fifth of Jack Daniels with a babysitter to take notes on what type of mood you are in.  Then take in only comedy and positive music for months and try it again.  :wink:


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    #22442363 - 10/27/15 09:41 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

yah the romantic acting was horrible.  I think rick does pretty good acting, episode 3 of this season when he was running and in the camper at the end all seemed legit and made you feel like u were there.

that fucking glen, that dude couldn't even die right.  was anyone going WTF as his guts were being pulled out and he didn't even look in pain?  he looked more curious than anything like oh....thats what guts look like:lol:


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    #22442450 - 10/27/15 10:04 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

The first two (Only ones out with a roommate who loved it) came off that way to me personally.

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    #22442516 - 10/27/15 10:29 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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yah the romantic acting was horrible.  I think rick does pretty good acting, episode 3 of this season when he was running and in the camper at the end all seemed legit and made you feel like u were there.

that fucking glen, that dude couldn't even die right.  was anyone going WTF as his guts were being pulled out and he didn't even look in pain?  he looked more curious than anything like oh....thats what guts look like:lol:




That's cuz they weren't his guts. They were that sketchy Nicholas dude's guts.


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    #22442524 - 10/27/15 10:32 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

This is a classic example of Schrodingers Glenn


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Re: Are shows like the walking dead bad for mental health? [Re: Moonshoe]
    #22442557 - 10/27/15 10:40 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Yes I think there's something to that. And if its a single show, its not such a big thing, but when it becomes a trend, and all the things you watch are similarly dark, it can't be good for you.
Of course, that's mostly what I watch between shows like Narcos, Hannibal, Game of Thrones, The Wire etc kinda hard not to have a negative worldview when all the media you take in is utterly dark


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