I like horror movies (and even watch ID and movies about serial killers) but get emotional over real graphic information, is this ironic?

[Anonymous]

I'm still into horror movies and can watch a bloody scene with no problems. I've even watched Ted Bundy movie versions (then again, I know they're actors) and the ID channel too.

However, I felt like a knot to my stomach, got emotional and couldn't continue watching (not even watching it halfway) when it comes to:

- The specific horrors Nazi Germany and Imperial Japanese did. I stopped less than halfway of the graphic, detailed documentary video. I couldn't keep going on.

- The case of baby Brianna (a 5-6 month old baby girl) that was beaten and tortured by her family. Then she died of the injuries. I couldn't even make not even 1/4 of the video.

- I can't watch if it's an actual live video of a crime happening at that moment.

- If it's about an animal getting tortured and/or killed in a cruel, agonizing manner. I'm not very fond of Pitbull but I got very disturbed when I heard about someone setting one on fire for sick thrills and it eventually dying at the vet months later or so.

Is this ironic that I can watch some dark things without problems but can't do it with other actual graphic things.

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Since I've watched horror movies since I was little, I thought I could handle everything but apparently not. I've reached a threshold/limit and certain things are just too much for me.

[JosyJosy]

I get emotional or furious when I read up or hear about actual real life horror. What the victims must go through. Both the family of the deceased but also the family of the murderer. It's just heartbreaking

[Asker]

I think all of us have a limit and some things are just too horrible for me, that it must be exceeding my threshold.

[JosyJosy]

For me it's he victims and the backstory of the victim, the future they had ahead of themselves, the loved ones they leave behind.

[Asker]

I always get more upset and sadder whenever the murdered victim was a baby or toddler, a child or an animal. I hate it when it happens to adults too but a child and animal's death (esp if they were killed in a brutal or painful manner) is even more upsetting.

[mandyfire98]

Oh I'm the same I love/hate horror movies but I can separate reality from fiction. I get scared while watching horror movies but after the movie I'm completely fine and can say oh that was a good movie.

I am addicted to true crime cases but I'm always very upset by them and get really sad and emotional for the victims. It is something that stays with me for a while.

[Asker]

yeah there are some things that exceed our limit. For some reason, I get even more emotional and upset when the victim was a child (a baby, toddler or kid) or an animal or a small toddler/kid killed by children themselves... I don't know how to react in that case; part of me wants the child to get rehabilitated but knowing that kid killed a smaller kid it's a knot to my stomach.

[Bubbles45]

Yeah I'd say that's kinda ironic, but you know whatever floats your boat is all that matters really.

[Asker]

I guess some things are just too much to handle.

[Bubbles45]

Well I mean I suppose, people react differently to graphic information, like certain individuals have full blown break downs because of it.

So really I just believe it's a person to person basis, some may have no issue with horror movies or even real life graphic content. However perhaps some may be too sensitive to it.

[Anonymous]

Awesome, good for you.