Been binge watching SVU even though it triggers me really bad and upsets me but I’m obsessed with it. Is this like a survivor thing or am I just obsessed with a tv show because it’s entertaining
Do any of you guys also have fixations on watching SVU or other media like it?
DAE (Does Anyone Else?)I was obsessed with this show for years, though I now haven’t watched it in a decade. I think it wasn’t about justice and bad guy getting locked up for me, but about that people CARED, and were unequivocal that what happened was harmful and shouldn’t and haven’t happened; and above all that they were actually affected by the horrible things I’d experienced but couldn’t process.
YES!
Yessss. SVU is my comfort show! Like background noise, rewatch, bedtime. I also like crime documentaries and shows.
Yes, compulsively at times, also other shows like Intervention which show highly traumatized people. I think it's the combination of trying not to feel so alone (seeing other people going through similar things, struggling with trauma) and enjoying watching bad guys get held accountable in SVU and families come together to support addicted people and admit their own faults in Intervention.
I used to religiously watch it at my lowest point, I especially loved to see Stabler get violent with the bad guys, it was my power fantasy. I was deep in true crime too, some very problematic things. Now that I'm in a much better place I can't handle watching SA or abuse in general in media and staying away from it really makes the difference. Of course I can't always shelter myself, but from my experience not being in that headspace will help in the long run.
I took the habit of checking through some sites that warn you of what's going to be subject and how graphic it is. Game changer, totally recommend.
I binge it, but always fast forward through the bad scenes.
Sometimes, though when they handle things badly it breaks me
Can’t. Just can’t. I prefer escapism. Star Trek, that kind of stuff.
I remember watching SVU as far back as a small child. My family literally watched this shit together and i became somewhat addicted to it. I think it numbed me out.
I don’t watch SVU anymore but my fascination with crime & psychology will always be there. I think it reminds me of reality & makes me feel better about what I’m going through. My morbid curiosity developed at a really young age.
No, I stopped intaking and interacting with content like this. Life is much better without.
I watch this show, though it triggers me.
I did watch an episode a while back, which gave me a lot of hope.
Yes, omg yes. I watched SVU in binging spurts from the time I was 8 years old. I never understood why I loved the show so much, especially the episodes with kids, and I realized now that it was seeing the story of the bad guy getting justice that would pull me in. That, mixed with the idea that other kids on the show were “like me”, experiencing the same things I was experiencing, and they had genuine sympathy and empathy and love from those trying to help. They were allowed to tell.
Im obsessed but so are a lot of people who don’t have this history. I think it’s predictable and MOST of the time Olivia or whoever helps out the bad guy away and that’s satisfying subconsciously so I think it makes sense for people who are traumatized but also for anyone. It never really happens that way in real life
It's entertaining but I can't watch it because it triggers me too.. Even though the stories aren't real it makes me depressed because a lot of those things happen in real life.
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me too, obsessed with criminal minds, svu, etc