how does being ‘desensitised’ to something actually happen?

988 views

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?

In: 73

42 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

I was a 911 dispatcher for a couple years. You brain does this to protect yourself. I couldn’t do the job if everytime I hear someone dies I get spooked and need the rest of the day off. Brain now says ” horrible death = get rekt noob”.

You are viewing 1 out of 42 answers, click here to view all answers.