Yeah you really can’t. I’m pretty desensitized from earlier internet with death and other shock gore content but had managed to avoid CSAM until today. It was a lot worse than I expected, felt my heart drop. Worse, my app autoplays gifs in thumbnail so it kept going while I was reporting it.
I’ve mostly forgotten and it wasn’t on my mind until I saw this thread (happened less than 24hr ago) but even the slightest reminder is oddly upsetting. Wish I’d thought of the Tetris thing.
Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
There have been studies which found playing tetris for an hour or two after seeing something traumatic can prevent it taking root in our longterm memory.
I tried it once after accidentally clicking a link on reddit that turned out to be gore, I can’t remember exactly what it was now (about 9 months later) so it must have worked
jeffw@lemmy.world 1 year ago
This advice is a few hours too late for me. Hope it helps others
GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Don’t worry, life with hold many more traumas
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Cue Homer Simpson: This is the worst thing you’ve seen in your life so far
Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I just posted an article explaining the study to the ‘You Should Know’ community, so hopefully some of the people who need to see it do so
WAR10CK@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Can you please link a study?
Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 year ago
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828932/
ox.ac.uk/…/2017-03-28-tetris-used-prevent-post-tr…