#desensitisation

[for-the-ouchies]

Whumpee who is so, so casual about whumpy things.

Who understands that they're supposed to bow their head when demeaned and humiliated but doesn't feel upset.

Who knows, logically, that they're being deprived of basic needs, but feels like they can manage alright without.

Who flinches in anticipation of pain and then sighs, exasperated, at their own reaction- they should be used to it by now.

Who keeps living, perhaps even keeps smiling, in a way entirely incongruous with their situation.

[myfandomrealitea]

Is true that people might take less serious some irl problems because of the desensitization that they gained from fiction

(I hope that this question makes sense)

No. Desensitisation happens through prolonged exposure regardless of the source. However, desensitisation is not inherently the problem. It doesn't necessarily matter if something is no longer shocking because we are so used to seeing it. It matters that despite it no longer being shocking, we still acknowledge that it is wrong and is something we need to take action against.

For example, while photos of bombings and dead bodies may no longer give you the same shock value, you can still resonate with the fact that it is an awful thing, right? Its not shocking anymore, because you know it happens and you know what it looks like, but it doesn't disincentivise you from taking action.

We live in a world that is constantly barraging us with gore, violence, bigotry and death. Its only natural that after a certain point we may not have the same visceral reactions to it as we once did. However, it should not impact the choices you make regarding what you do about those things.

I'd never see someone gunned down in the street and shrug it off because I'm so used to action movies and Call of Duty. That's just not how it works.

[jefaisducso]

Tarps are for standing on and wearing.

Just like that, Freyja found the path of least resistance is actually the easiest. She’s about as good as she’s going to be on the lunge already, perhaps not comcentrating but not being impossible to work with either. She definitely does better with more things to do rather than less, which is kinda nice.

Today we worked on foot control - making her think where her feet are and what she’s doing with them. Since she’s not totally understood stepping laterally from the off side, hopefully this will help her to trust that my cues. We started with moving around the arena, then side-stepping over a cone, and finished up with the tarpaulin. Just as I expected, she wasn’t fussed about the sound or the look of it, but still didn’t trust me enough to put her feet on it. This resulted in me increasing the reward (adding in a treat for motivation) but not letting her move any further away from the object.

After a couple of attempts at side stepping it and some sulky begging for the treat, she figured out that if she just did as I asked, she’d get rewarded. That was a lightbulb moment. Her desire to get the reward outweighed her mistrust of this unfamiliar thing and she realised that no, it wasn’t a trap, and actually why had she been unwilling to stand on it in the first place?

Once she’d tramped all over it and seemed about as relaxed about that as she is about walking on the sand, touching her with it was the next step. She didn’t care about it touching her, or flapping against her, so the final step for me was to put a corner over her neck. For some horses, the act of having something go over them is highly unpleasant (and from what I’ve met, these are the ones who dislike their rider moving on top of them). Well, she wasn’t 100% sure, but she used the trust she’d built through the previous exercises with it to let me do it. Of course, nothing bad happened and she was well rewarded for that too, so it just built her up even more.

[l-silvermoon]

I’m already used to Pikachu from Detective Pikachu sounding Like That. It no longer seems weird to me.

[ahorsenamedphoebe]

Considering Luna has been so spooky lately I’m going to start doing a day or two or desensitizing each week. I’ve compiled a list of fun things to buy to use, so far I’ve got:

Pool noodles

Water bottles

Toy balls

Tarp

Whips with plastic bag on end

Balloons

Kite

Umbrellas

Any other suggestions?

[cognito-ergo-creo]

well i don't particularly care for my art right now, but if i don't look at it on my own blog(s), then who will?

[itdoesntgeteasierr]

I let someone in and they just followed the blueprints to breaking me. Worst thing is I honestly feel numb to it. I should feel more hurt but I barely even care. Desensitised.

[thememesaremydreams]

It’s not even funny how desensitized we’ve become to these shootings. Like, I can go look at posts about this most recent shooting at this gaming convention in Florida and people are making fucking jokes about this shit, more than I’ve ever seen here before. This is gross and disgusting behavior, but if we’re really being desensitized to human fucking beings dropping dead before a shooter in public, then what does that say about this country’s morals and our system of government? Congress and Senate full of spineless politicians seeking to line their pockets instead of stand up for what they know full well is right.