Drawn To Watch Tv Show That Reminds Me Of The Trauma

[Aribear]

I seem to be in good company! I also watch SVU and related crime shows. I agree that part of it is seeing the justice at the end or seeing the survivors find the strength to go to court. This might just be me... but seeing how the detectives react... how hard they work to catch the guy(or girl sometimes) makes me feel... I'm not sure of the right wording... it reinforces for me that all of the anger and hurt and other feelings I feel are completely 100% valid.

Sometimes when it hits a little close to home, it is a trigger, but a lot of times it makes me feel better.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I think there is some validation in watching those shows. I used to read about the holocaust all of the time. I did not suffer like they did, but I was attracted to their overcoming evil. It meant alot to me. I got alot out of those times. I do not do that anymore, I must have grown out of it. I understand the need to watch the shows. I think you are normal for what you have been through. I agree justice is what we never got and it is gratifying to see justice done.

 

[Abstract]

The other thing for me is that I separate my life so much and noone knows anything and I hide. Even from myself. I feel inauthentic. It feels better to see other people who have some of this stuff in their lives in some strange way.

 

[Abstract]

I have a hard time watching true stories where there are children .....

There is just enough of a sense of it being fictional and For Tele to help me with most of them although I watch other types too and find those very triggering.

 

[Orglethorp]

My favourite show to watch along these lines is Criminal Minds. I find myself drawn to characters who have a story that is similar to mine in some way, and there are 2 episodes in particular that have always stuck with me because of how much they reflected my experience in different ways. I think I do this partly because I'm fascinated by psychology in general, but also partly because of exactly what people above have mentioned- re-experiencing and exploring these things in a safer, more controlled way and seeing how other people deal with similar situations.

 

[KP the nut]

I was in a car crash and became hooked on things like Road Wars and Motorway Cops. These programs did trigger me but I would just sit and stare. It would take my H to physically turn the tv off and distract me.

Almost 3 years later and I hardly ever bother with programmes like these.