Re:The trauma of Facebook’s content moderators
by throwawaytime40 on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @03:18PM
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Honestly, this post speaks a lot of truth, at least in my experience. I use to be subbed to /r/watchpeopledie, really just out of morbid curiosity.
One day I had an anxiety attack because I had a dream that I had a heart attack and suddenly I had a deep fear of randomly dying.
All the random deaths on that sub started to really get to me, I even started to get depressed. It became harder and harder to watch content on it. Eventually I unsubbed from it and gradually bounced back to normal.
I don't really regret it because it gave me a new perspective on life and how valuable it is. But I would be lying if I said it didn't fuck me up in a way.
One day I had an anxiety attack because I had a dream that I had a heart attack and suddenly I had a deep fear of randomly dying.
All the random deaths on that sub started to really get to me, I even started to get depressed. It became harder and harder to watch content on it. Eventually I unsubbed from it and gradually bounced back to normal.
I don't really regret it because it gave me a new perspective on life and how valuable it is. But I would be lying if I said it didn't fuck me up in a way.