[MusicLover82]

Do you feel sensitive to TV shows or movies with intense themes and gore?

There have been times I can handle that stuff more than others. Sometimes I just feel too sensitive and I can't bear to watch it. My husband gets frustrated that we can't watch things together that he wants me to watch with him.

I think I'm especially sensitive because of my OCD and GAD. What about you? If you have bipolar and no anxiety disorder, are you sensitive to certain types of TV/movies or do you feel like you can handle pretty much anything?

[LiteraryLark]

I'm super sensitive to texture, sometimes I'm fine, other times it's extremely irritating...I think it's because of pot-smoking.

[emgreen]

I dislike movies with intense themes & gore (especially the "slasher-type films"), but I don't feel it has anything to do with mental illness. Different strokes for different folks.

[Isaiah712]

I don't do movies with gore, horror movies or even those detective shows that show a whole bunch of dead bodies. All that stuff bothers me

[fishin fool]

I don't like to watch sad shows, I just can't handle sad stuff anymore.

[Nammu]

Don't do gore and I try not to watch sad stuff before bed. Like tonight there was a PBS show about the 3 strike law that was resended and followed different men who were released. But I couldn't watch it because it's too real in the portrayal of prison abuses and how tough it is to be out after being in prison so long for non violent crime. So I watched carol Bernett.

I can't tolerate most TV because it's too violent. The last movie i tried was "Spy" with Melissa McCarthy and i had high hopes because i so like her but there were five murders within the first 30 seconds so i fled. For me, it seems to depend on how gratuitous the violence is. I loved "Breaking Bad" and for a long time "Natural Born Killers" was my favorite movie. I think i was able to enjoy the latter because there is such a strong love story amid all the violence.

But, i sympathize. My ex-husband used to get so frustrated with me because i would pick the lousiest movies at Blockbuster. Once i got us "My Left Foot" about a quadriplegic painter and he was so mad. He just wanted to watch Arnold splatterfests.

[RomanJames2014]

I can't watch gore at all. I can watch movies about drugs and alcohol and stuff because I'm empathetic but I am sensitive to people getting hurt or killed.

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[NoIdeaWhatToDo]

I don't like gore or violence in movies; I can tolerate a little, but my husband LOVES all the cop/detective shows. I can watch some (like NCIS - there was usually one death, then a lot of work around that; it didn't seem to bother me too much). Mostly not, though. My husband hates most of the stuff I like to watch - foreign films, romantic movices (both funny and drama), historical pieces. He also loves documentaries, which I normally don't like. We watch different stuff. Sometimes on the couch together with headphones or something. We have a few shows we both like - comedies, standup, and a few British shows - so we'll watch those if we want to watch something together. We don't have a TV, though, so it's pretty easy to watch different stuff on the laptops.

ETA: To your specific question, I don't have an anxiety disorder, though I do get some anxiety with my BP. The gore/violence makes me incredibly edgy in real time, and then the anxiety holds over in my day the next day(s). I watch sad movies/drama a fair bit. I'm incredibly sensitive to those, too. I prefer that to the anxiety, though; it's more comfortable for me.

[gina_re]

I refuse to watch scary movies. Don't care what anyone says, not gonna do it.

[gina_re]

Originally Posted by apfei

I can't tolerate most TV because it's too violent.

Have you ever watched the Big Bang Theory? No violence at all. Just a group of nerds doing nerdy things...hilariously.

[barbella]

Thank you for starting this thread. I thought I was the only one. I can't watch most things, including the news. Big Bang Theory is nice and silly so I enjoy that when I can. The house hunting shows are alright too (HGTV).

[wildflowerchild25]

Ever since my husband died I watch exclusively comedies. I can't take drama. I used to be a huge law and order svu fan and I Loved ER. But I couldn't watch either of those anymore. I never like overly violent movies. I only like scary movies if they're super cheesy like IT. I stopped watching scary movies a long time ago, even before my husband died. He would watch them late at night when I was trying to sleep and I would put in noise cancelling ear buds and drown it out with my comedy podcasts.

We read the book divergent in the class I co-teach. When we were done we watched the movie. I made it until the mother died and then I kind of flashed back to when I found my husband and had to leave. I refused to come watch the rest of the movie (my co teacher is a good friend so he understood). That just reiterated for me how I just can't watch that kind of stuff anymore.

I'm even uneasy about Seinfeld, the episode where Susan dies. I'm going to skip that episode and the following episode where they're at her grave and start a foundation for her.

I don't really think this has to do with mental illness though. It's just how I am.

[fishin fool]

Originally Posted by gina_re

Have you ever watched the Big Bang Theory? No violence at all. Just a group of nerds doing nerdy things...hilariously.

I watch The Big Bang Theory all the time. Funny show.

[Undesirable]

I am extremely sensative. If I watch a movie with any kind of sad scene I ball like a newborn baby. I cry more than my wife. I cried at our wedding and she didn't. Talk about awkward. I felt like all eyes were on me. Don't tell anyone I told you this or I will emphatically denie it.