snowdrop
19-02-09, 23:12
Hi
This may seem like an odd question and I totally understand the shock tactics these days of drink driving, smoking, child abuse, strokes adverts etc but does anyone else feel sometimes these can go a little too far?
I take on board the message they are giving out but these images scare me for weeks on end, not just to the point of 'i wont drink and drive' or 'i'll bear those symptoms in mind for a stroke' but I mean they REALLY frighten me to the point I have nightmares and can't sleep.
Is it me or are images etc becoming a little too graphic? It seems a line has been crossed and I am worried where it will end, probably to the point I just won't be able to watch tv anymore.
Of course if they stop people from killing people etc then thats great but do they need to be quite so horrific?? Some will say yes they do to make people stop but do they need to be so horrible?
I have just seen an advert for the 1st time ever of what is supposed to be a dead twisted child on the floor (supposed to have been knocked down I guess by the man in question) and wherever this man goes this child is laying on the floor, supposed to be dead with his eyes open and his body twisted....it Has really freaked me out!!!!
I don't speed anyway and am very aware of the speed i do in my car but all I can see now is that child in my head and even though its not 'real' It was just hideous.
Does anyone else get anxious about things like this?? Or is it just me that thinks advertising is maybe going a little too far? there doesnt seem to be a limit on what images they show anymore, I understand the need to shock to a certain extent but dont they have to curb these images atall so as not to 'disturb' people permanently?
Is it because of anxiety these effect me more than maybe those without? Maybe because of anxiety, i take the part i need on board and then my mind goes into overdrive with it?
PS I dont watch horror movies because I choose not to scare myself, but I have no choice with advertising and there seems to be no limit as to what they will show anymore
This may seem like an odd question and I totally understand the shock tactics these days of drink driving, smoking, child abuse, strokes adverts etc but does anyone else feel sometimes these can go a little too far?
I take on board the message they are giving out but these images scare me for weeks on end, not just to the point of 'i wont drink and drive' or 'i'll bear those symptoms in mind for a stroke' but I mean they REALLY frighten me to the point I have nightmares and can't sleep.
Is it me or are images etc becoming a little too graphic? It seems a line has been crossed and I am worried where it will end, probably to the point I just won't be able to watch tv anymore.
Of course if they stop people from killing people etc then thats great but do they need to be quite so horrific?? Some will say yes they do to make people stop but do they need to be so horrible?
I have just seen an advert for the 1st time ever of what is supposed to be a dead twisted child on the floor (supposed to have been knocked down I guess by the man in question) and wherever this man goes this child is laying on the floor, supposed to be dead with his eyes open and his body twisted....it Has really freaked me out!!!!
I don't speed anyway and am very aware of the speed i do in my car but all I can see now is that child in my head and even though its not 'real' It was just hideous.
Does anyone else get anxious about things like this?? Or is it just me that thinks advertising is maybe going a little too far? there doesnt seem to be a limit on what images they show anymore, I understand the need to shock to a certain extent but dont they have to curb these images atall so as not to 'disturb' people permanently?
Is it because of anxiety these effect me more than maybe those without? Maybe because of anxiety, i take the part i need on board and then my mind goes into overdrive with it?
PS I dont watch horror movies because I choose not to scare myself, but I have no choice with advertising and there seems to be no limit as to what they will show anymore