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Forever Sleep
Earned it we have...
- May 4, 2022
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I am. Both really. I enjoy all types of crime drama from the more obviously staged and extreme- like Midsomer Murders and Jonathan Creek to more gritty series like Dept. Q. I'm fascinated by true crime though also.
I imagine a lot of people must be. It's so popular. So many different series out there. I can't think it's all together healthy though. Just to be clear- I have no desire to commit crime of any sort! So, why is it so fascinating?
I think I'm weirdly doing it in part to feel better about my safe and boring life choices. I watch a lot of catfishing and romance scam type cases or ones where partners have abused and even murdered their significant other. I guess I'm simultaeously telling myself that yes- I missed out on a relationship but, at least I spared myself from that. I wonder how common it actually is. How many relationships are abusive on some level.
Maybe it's also to remind myself that my life could be so much worse. I think I'm also using it to reinforce my pessimistic view of the world in general.
Do you ever wonder why you like certain things though? Things that you feel probably aren't that healthy? Do you feel bad about it? Or, ashamed if people find out?
I think lots of people enjoy crime drama but, true crime feels more of a dodgy thing to admit to somehow. I suppose because it may suggest an element of sadism. After all, it is a real person who's been hurt. Even if we don't enjoy that aspect of it, we still accept that to watch it.
I imagine a lot of people must be. It's so popular. So many different series out there. I can't think it's all together healthy though. Just to be clear- I have no desire to commit crime of any sort! So, why is it so fascinating?
I think I'm weirdly doing it in part to feel better about my safe and boring life choices. I watch a lot of catfishing and romance scam type cases or ones where partners have abused and even murdered their significant other. I guess I'm simultaeously telling myself that yes- I missed out on a relationship but, at least I spared myself from that. I wonder how common it actually is. How many relationships are abusive on some level.
Maybe it's also to remind myself that my life could be so much worse. I think I'm also using it to reinforce my pessimistic view of the world in general.
Do you ever wonder why you like certain things though? Things that you feel probably aren't that healthy? Do you feel bad about it? Or, ashamed if people find out?
I think lots of people enjoy crime drama but, true crime feels more of a dodgy thing to admit to somehow. I suppose because it may suggest an element of sadism. After all, it is a real person who's been hurt. Even if we don't enjoy that aspect of it, we still accept that to watch it.