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a weird phase i go continually go through
i continually go through phases every now and then. maybe once a year... i don't know the frequency. but basically, i feel 'weird'. i can't describe it. i am really affected by things i see and random thoughts that float into my mind. they affect me in that they scare me easily and... i donno its hard to describe in words. for ex things about rape or gross sexual things. if is ee something about it on tv during these phases i get into this mood where i wanna sheild myself from everything. i get grossed out by thoughts of porn and stuff like that and i never want to go near it. other days these dont even phase me. i dont know why i feel this way. help!
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We can become desensitized to things like porn, violence etc..when we are exposed to them consistently over time. This is a coping mechanism and defense our human mind and psyche has developed for survival. Your mood or feeling "weird" is possibly just your mind re-thinking some of the things you have been desensitized to, and questioning if you should be so callous about. When you talk about shielding yourself, it makes sense. People process things sometimes with great speed, and then find that other things cannot fit in to our fast schedule or be put into neat little boxes. We may quickly categorize something and find that later we are not comfortable with the former definition. The mind is constantly re-evaluating because we are always learning and adding information. Let yourself be open to your feelings and don't try to ignore or hide from them. When we deny something it will find a way to pop up in our life anyway. Phases are normal and thoughts out of the blue are your minds way of saying hey look at this thing again, there is something more to this than originally established. Porn for example is fantasy, and is unhealthy in any other context. Fantasy which is a distortion of reality bends the truth about something and ignores consequences and limitations which are a part of life naturally. It is unnatural and ultimately unhealthy to live in any fantasy, and a healthy mind will eventually call attention to this. Sometimes fantasy and denial allow people to live through very difficult and abusive situations, but after the person is released from such an emotional prison and safe to confront reality, they must go through an enormous shift in perception. What is good feels wrong and abnormal to them, because they were dependent on fantasy to comfort them from reality. Let yourself experience new information and listen to your inner voice. There is wisdom there.
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