If you are like me, you’ve been stuck at home for the longest time
Well, if you did go out and exercise, that’s all great and all
I haven’t left the house since April 7 where Singapore initiated the Circuit Breaker
And to be honest, things have been a bit rough
I binged read my manga (yea I like to read manga) until I can only wait for the updates to come up
And I also read my light novels until, again, I got to wait for updates
I have to admit though, I thoroughly enjoyed doing that
Chilling, relaxing, having fun
But well, I don’t know about you, but I got bored of it
Now as a hypnotist, I do get the occasional person ranting and complaining about stuff
They need someone to talk to you know
I get that
And I lend a listening ear when I can
And a common thing I heard was about kids
Like how the kids aren’t listening to the parents
How the schools shutting down is causing the whole family some additional stress and chaos
Which is understandable and normal
Everyone is different, with different stress levels, coping mechanisms etc
So I decided to do a Facebook Live for parents
And gave tips on how to use certain linguistic patterns to talk to their kids so they will do what you want
And the house can be less stressful
Do watch it if you need some extra tips on how to talk to your kids
And it’s great for parents and even teachers
It has about 1000 views now (at the time of this writing) so that’s a lot of people who will benefit from this video
Which is great!
So anyway, a friend of mine told me to do a Twitch live stream and share about how hypnosis is like and stuff
I was like… “hmm… I’m not sure…”
But heck you know what, I don’t have much else to do anyway while staying at home
Although I got to admit, my house at this point may not be the most conducive for live streaming
For one I need a better camera – the quality ain’t good cause this is about 10 years old now
HAHAHAH
I decided to do the Twitch and see how the response is like before I decide whether to invest into this or not
I ended up live streaming for 2 hours and 20 minutes!!
That’s crazy!!
And I have to admit, it’s pretty cool
Although again, and I know it, I need to get better equipment if I want to continue doing this kind of stuff eventually
And yea, if you have Twitch, do follow me here for more weird stuff
Now is a really weird time to be in if you ask me
And while it’s true that Covid 19 is affecting both physical and mental health
We also got to understand other factors
I’ll share briefly with you
Long ago, there was something called the Great Depression
Where the economy was affected, people lost their jobs, livelihoods were disrupted
Which sounds like now actually
Only difference is the governments of various countries are better equipped to respond as compared to The Great Depression
Anyway, back then, people could still go too so that’s another difference
One particular industry boomed
And I mean that in a good way
They flourished
Well there were a few that flourished, but I’m thinking of just one particular one right now
Movies
Yes, that’s right
You might be wondering why did the movie industry flourished during the The Great Depression?
Let me break it down for you
You can probably imagine from their point of view that since everything is affected, that you feel sad, depressed, sucky, etc
And what happens is that these people need some way to cope with these negative buildup of emotions
Movies was pretty new (roughly 30 years or so back then) and that’s one thing
But what was more crucial was the fact that movies was a story
It was another world
Another place
That was not here
Not now
Not me
This means that the people watching it wanted a way to cope with themselves and their negative buildup of emotions
And watching a movie, that was “not here”, “not now”, “not me” was an excellent disassociation method
Disassociation, to put simply, is a way to temporary remove oneself from one’s emotions
Hence, watching a movie made them feel good!
It distracted them from the stress, sadness and whatever of the Great Depression
Interesting huh?
Now let’s look back to now
Because we will still apply the same or similar psychology
I read manga and light novels, stories
People binged watch Netflix series and movies, stories
People are also looking into educational content in the form of webinars or digital courses, partly because seeking improvement is also a way to dissociate from the negative feelings
People also game more, whether it’s mobile, PC, Play Station, XBox etc
There is also a sub-category
Where people watch live streams of other people gaming
Because that’s a way to dissociate
Even me doing live streaming on Facebook and Twitch is a kind of dissociation
The focus on work, or doing something completely different in this case
What about you?
How have you been dissociating?
How have you been coping?
And what does all this means?
Well, it might help you understand yourself or your family better
Like why you binged on webinars and digital content
And why maybe your family play games
And maybe, this might help you to find new ways to cope too
Share with me if you are doing what I mentioned here or something else entirely!
*Those still working essentially may not apply
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