Media Consumption Fatigue
Dec. 17th, 2025 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seeyatI'm noticing how powerful my sympathy/empathy tension response is when watching tense dramas and traumatic scenes play out in front of me on TV and film.
I noticed I started shaking nearing the end of Kimi, the Zoe Kravits thriller... I had to get up and regulate my breathing.
I've always had this sort of reaction to thrillers, horror and conflict-laden media. I just never bothered to identify what was alive in me. ...and I'm now able to see what's good for me and what negatively affects me.
I've started negatively rating and downvoting horror, gunplay and gruesome action content on my streaming services and I've started allowing myself to enjoy complex relationships and psychologically stimulating content.
I enjoyed Kimi... but I wasn't raised with the ability to binge watch content. I grew up maybe watching a few hours of TV per week.
I also really connected with The Fallout, not Fallout... I'm avoiding Amazon's Fallout. I enjoyed The Fallout, a film following the lives of some teens who survived a school shooting. The main character is brought to life by Jenna Ortega's masterful acting... or at least what I would consider contextually masterful.
She embodies the whole detached teen thing while trying to survive and create independence while navigating family and friends.
I found The Fallout during a streak of movies including Turtles All The Way Down... John Green's a visionary writer. I initially loved The Fault in Our Stars so much I watched it a dozen times. Shailene Woodley is Jenna Ortega's therapist in The Fallout... side note, I love Shailene's perspectives around sex. I've seen some of her comments over the years.
I also got sucked into Unpregnant.
I can identify some films I cried my eyes out for; Fault in Our Stars, The Big Sick, The Fallout... An American Tail, Homeward Bound, All Dogs Go To Heaven... I'll be honest... I think I've been experiencing nervous system burnout from constant media consumption of chaotic and tense situations.
I start to feel the scenes like they're happening to me.
I noticed I started shaking nearing the end of Kimi, the Zoe Kravits thriller... I had to get up and regulate my breathing.
I've always had this sort of reaction to thrillers, horror and conflict-laden media. I just never bothered to identify what was alive in me. ...and I'm now able to see what's good for me and what negatively affects me.
I've started negatively rating and downvoting horror, gunplay and gruesome action content on my streaming services and I've started allowing myself to enjoy complex relationships and psychologically stimulating content.
I enjoyed Kimi... but I wasn't raised with the ability to binge watch content. I grew up maybe watching a few hours of TV per week.
I also really connected with The Fallout, not Fallout... I'm avoiding Amazon's Fallout. I enjoyed The Fallout, a film following the lives of some teens who survived a school shooting. The main character is brought to life by Jenna Ortega's masterful acting... or at least what I would consider contextually masterful.
She embodies the whole detached teen thing while trying to survive and create independence while navigating family and friends.
I found The Fallout during a streak of movies including Turtles All The Way Down... John Green's a visionary writer. I initially loved The Fault in Our Stars so much I watched it a dozen times. Shailene Woodley is Jenna Ortega's therapist in The Fallout... side note, I love Shailene's perspectives around sex. I've seen some of her comments over the years.
I also got sucked into Unpregnant.
I can identify some films I cried my eyes out for; Fault in Our Stars, The Big Sick, The Fallout... An American Tail, Homeward Bound, All Dogs Go To Heaven... I'll be honest... I think I've been experiencing nervous system burnout from constant media consumption of chaotic and tense situations.
I start to feel the scenes like they're happening to me.
