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In today’s digital era accessing information and entertainment content has become very easy.
In single click kids, teenagers, and adults can indulge in a wide range of shows, movies, video games and many other online platforms and most of them are related to violence.
Everyone has their personal favorite actors and actresses and if movies of them release none of them can control, and then they don’t look for the content whether it is violent entertainment or comedy.
Particularly, if you consume excessive negative and violent entertainment content there are potential negative impact on our mental health and especially it is seen in teenage and youngsters.
In this article let’s explore the harmful consequences of consuming violent entertainment and its negative effects on mental and overall well-being.
Table of Contents
Being in-sensitive:
When we consume excessive violent content it makes people less sensitive after they cannot identify the difference between reel world and real world.
Repeatedly watching violent content web series, movies normalize your attitude towards those things and in the real world makes you less sensitive and becomes challenging for you to identify fictional violence and real-world consequences.
Increase in Aggression:
In studies it’s a proven fact that if you consume more negativity you will be more negative and if you consume more violent entertainment your violence in behavior increases.
Violent entertainment has the capacity to shape your mind, behavior, attitude, actions, feelings, thoughts and overall well being. And that aggression from content will affect your livelihood and can be seen in physical and mental behavior.
Anxiety and Fear:
For sensitive people, horror movies and negative content can affect their mind and can make them feel anxious and tense.
Scenes and graphics can also make you feel unease not for a while but it can affect you for a long time hence it is needed to be careful and make good entertainment content choices.
Sleep Disturbances:
Consuming violent entertainment especially at the time of bed can disrupt your sleep patterns and lead to disturbance of your sleep.
That can be imagined and simulates your mind, causing nightmares, insomnia and then lack of sleep can lead to mental health conditions such as stress and anxiety.
Normalization to Aggression and violence:
Continued exposure to violent entertainment can make you think that it is acceptable behavior in the real world also.
When fictional characters solve their problems by violence and aggressive behavior with villains and then in the same way individuals try to apply it in the real world by thinking it’s a normal behavior by your side but it is not acceptable by society and can harm your image.
Social Isolation:
Excessive consumption of violent entertainment can lead to social isolation of individuals.
Spending lots of time in video games, movies or on online platforms can replace your main and meaningful social interaction with your real world friends and families.
And this can risk your mental health, social health and can lead to depression, anxiety and keeps you away from happiness of being social.
How to prevent yourself from violent entertainment content:
Choose the content which suits you.
Don’t get influenced by the content recommendation of people.
Check for genuine reviews about the content you are going to watch.
Don’t get so much involved in web series and movies distract yourself if the content is violent.
Give more importance to your mental and social health.
In the bottom line:
It is very important to recognize that the effects of violent entertainment can vary amongst peoples.
Factors such as age, mental health conditions, and personal resilience influence how people respond to violent content.
Hence it is important to be aware of potential negative impact and identify a healthy balance between entertainment consumptions and mental well-being.
