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I got unreasonably upset watching the Super Bowl ad. I wasn’t sure why until I read this article

• kayodelycaon 5y ago
  It was triggering for me in a couple of ways. So content warning for anyone reading, is the shit that brought all kinds of suicidal thoughts. 1. Being thrown away and having everything you love being taken from you by an uncaring world. 2. You’re about to die and it’s all going to be finally over. (Major trigger: death is the only way to find relief from the pain of existing.) 3. The only reason you don’t is because someone wants you on display. 4. Everyone ignores you. No one cares. You do not matter to anyone. You are alone. 5. The only escape from this tortured endless hell is a virtual world that is a shadow of the real thing. Of these, only the second is likely to trigger me normally. Usually I’m fine and can see this coming and pause whatever I’m watching for a second to process it. This ad completely blindsided me with five things I couldn’t process in rapid succession. It took a while to get back in my feet and not have it ruin my evening. At least I wasn’t a Bengals fan. That loss hurt to watch.