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How to escape unscathed from the infernal circle of serial violence?

2022-01-08T19:02:41.524Z


DECRYPTION - From Game of Thrones to Squid Game to Dexter, fiction is increasingly brutal. To the point of having an influence on our morale and our reality?


In an article written in 2016 on the suffering of caregivers, the psychologist Sandrine Duhoux evokes, in addition to the burnouts linked to overwork, the notion of vicarious trauma, or vicarious trauma, which consists of

"learning by observation"

. mysteries of suffering whose resonance is not without effects on the people frequently exposed to their stories.

"Binge watching"

It goes without saying that this trauma particularly affects some individuals, such as therapists, firefighters, legal system professionals, health care providers and social workers.

But the question of the transmission or the emotional contagion of the traumatic narrative staged in many series, via what scientists call the system of mirror neurons, can also arise for individuals such as "serivores" and other followers.

binge watching,

or those who spend too much time in front of their screen

.

Like our teenagers.

In other words, the ...

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Source: lefigaro

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