Not shown in your sample but there is also a large audience reading and watching this content for the potential trauma triggers. It’s too multilayered for a small comment on here but the reasons for that can include: it being the only time they feel able to connect to their own trauma and trust it is real. Sometimes because its a way of making the outside match the inside (ie making sense of chronic shame) ~ sometimes precursory to seeking out reenactment or harmful connections. Often mentioned is also about seeking the rescuer. Law and order SVU has got lot of traction from providing protectors and rescuers from sexual violence.
In my own work, as soon as i worked only with survivors of sexual violence, i simply couldnt stomach any fictional media about it. I didnt watch the programmes on jimmy Saville or russell brand. I guess its the feeling of already embodying it. I read or watch tv to tune out.
I do find it cathartic to write fiction in the realm of domestic thriller though. 🤷♀️
Thanks for sharing - the one article I read did mention the trauma aspect, but it did not really go into detail about it, so I didn't think it worth sharing as a general reason because I couldn't expand on it in the way you have. So, thank you. I am curious about the fact that some people with a trauma history enjoy true crime or crime procedurals or thrillers. I may do a deeper dive into it, using your points as points of reference. :-)
Not shown in your sample but there is also a large audience reading and watching this content for the potential trauma triggers. It’s too multilayered for a small comment on here but the reasons for that can include: it being the only time they feel able to connect to their own trauma and trust it is real. Sometimes because its a way of making the outside match the inside (ie making sense of chronic shame) ~ sometimes precursory to seeking out reenactment or harmful connections. Often mentioned is also about seeking the rescuer. Law and order SVU has got lot of traction from providing protectors and rescuers from sexual violence.
In my own work, as soon as i worked only with survivors of sexual violence, i simply couldnt stomach any fictional media about it. I didnt watch the programmes on jimmy Saville or russell brand. I guess its the feeling of already embodying it. I read or watch tv to tune out.
I do find it cathartic to write fiction in the realm of domestic thriller though. 🤷♀️
Thanks for sharing - the one article I read did mention the trauma aspect, but it did not really go into detail about it, so I didn't think it worth sharing as a general reason because I couldn't expand on it in the way you have. So, thank you. I am curious about the fact that some people with a trauma history enjoy true crime or crime procedurals or thrillers. I may do a deeper dive into it, using your points as points of reference. :-)