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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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”.
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”.
Our brains detect things when they vary from the norm. It’s the reason we can’t taste the inside of our mouth, the smell of the air of our house, and pay almost no attention to the feeling of the cloths we are wearing. If we did perceive these things it would be near constant over stimulation, while also giving us zero new information.
Instead our brains are constantly adjusting what our “normal,” is, whether it has to do with our senses or other external stimuli. If something happens again and again, it becomes the new norm and we stop realizing they’re even there because it’s not telling us anything new.
Our brains detect things when they vary from the norm. It’s the reason we can’t taste the inside of our mouth, the smell of the air of our house, and pay almost no attention to the feeling of the cloths we are wearing. If we did perceive these things it would be near constant over stimulation, while also giving us zero new information.
Instead our brains are constantly adjusting what our “normal,” is, whether it has to do with our senses or other external stimuli. If something happens again and again, it becomes the new norm and we stop realizing they’re even there because it’s not telling us anything new.
Your reactions to stimuli are (broadly) chemical stuff in your body/brain. As you are exposed to the same stimulus repeatedly, your body reduces the amount of chemicals/nerves firing, and so you feel less.
As to why this happens… I don’t think it’s known for sure. One hypothesis is that if we were equally stimulated by the same thing forever, we’d never switch activities/look for new things and would possibly starve.
Your reactions to stimuli are (broadly) chemical stuff in your body/brain. As you are exposed to the same stimulus repeatedly, your body reduces the amount of chemicals/nerves firing, and so you feel less.
As to why this happens… I don’t think it’s known for sure. One hypothesis is that if we were equally stimulated by the same thing forever, we’d never switch activities/look for new things and would possibly starve.
Your reactions to stimuli are (broadly) chemical stuff in your body/brain. As you are exposed to the same stimulus repeatedly, your body reduces the amount of chemicals/nerves firing, and so you feel less.
As to why this happens… I don’t think it’s known for sure. One hypothesis is that if we were equally stimulated by the same thing forever, we’d never switch activities/look for new things and would possibly starve.
The best example is right in front of your face. Your nose! Your eyes get so used to seeing your nose that they stop seeing it. This is your brain filtering out stimuli that is overly familiar with. A similar concept applies to other things you become desensitized to
The best example is right in front of your face. Your nose! Your eyes get so used to seeing your nose that they stop seeing it. This is your brain filtering out stimuli that is overly familiar with. A similar concept applies to other things you become desensitized to
The best example is right in front of your face. Your nose! Your eyes get so used to seeing your nose that they stop seeing it. This is your brain filtering out stimuli that is overly familiar with. A similar concept applies to other things you become desensitized to
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