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Old Jan 28, 2018, 01:06 PM
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Caelix,

There are viral videos on the net that can look real but they are not. I am sorry you got curious and ended up getting triggered badly. Remember, this is your own mind and you need to take care of it so that means making decisions to not expose yourself to things that might leave your mind confused and frightened. When you do struggle the way you are describing you can make choices about what is actually a danger to you verses something that has nothing to do with you and isn't something you have to worry about personally. Having bad dreams is simply because your mind doesn't know what to do with what it was exposed to. It's important that you don't just assume that means you need to continue being frightened or that you are in some kind of danger. Also, when it comes to this 3am time that you struggle, well, this is a very common time when a person experiences rem sleep and dreams. This is something "fiction" writers have used as some kind of bewitching hour, it's important to pay attention to that one word, "fiction". You have more power than you think when it comes to believing and making choices to not get involved with things that are meant to scare people.
The reason it really scared me is because it actually was real.

I found out later from a friend. That that is one of those real life gore websites with real stuff.

Otherwise I probably wouldn't have gotten as scared as I got recently. Since I watch horror movies often and am pretty much desensitized.

I'm trying to cope but it's already been two days and I'm still panicky.

I feel like it would be ridiculous for me to see a therapist over something that was my own fault.
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Major Depressive Disorder Moderate,Anxiety(Mainly social),Autism.