how does being ‘desensitised’ to something actually happen?

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I unfortunately look a lot older than what I am, and because of that, I’ve experienced a lot of people online making fun of any picture of me that was posted online, I’ve also had people making very derogatory comments about me and my age online too. At first these comments shattered my self esteem and gave me depression.

However now, after two years, these comments don’t bother me at all. They have no affect on me. Sometimes, I respond to the comments with my own age-related, self depreciative jokes. The comments don’t make me sad, angry or ashamed anymore.

How did my brain go from feeling depressed and ashamed reading these comments online to my current “I don’t really care lol” state of mind?

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You should watch the documentary about the Challenger and Columbia disasters because both are excellent examples in history of when people were essentially desensitized to a huge safety risk that existed and it cost the lives of astronauts. Especially the Columbia one, they do an excellent job of talking about this phenomenon and the psychology of it.

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