I am not interested in fiction books and I am not interested in celebrity biographies because I don't think I would really be interested in what has happened in their lives. I find that I am choosing to read about child abuse or women who have been treated badly. Why do I want to read this type of thing? Am I sick or something? Is it normal to want to read about horrible things that happened to other people?
2007-10-07 19:52:04 · 6 answers · asked by SmEllY! 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
It's not that I think it is funny or it makes me happy to hear of others suffering, I do feel bad and horrified when I read such things, the people survive, if they had died I couldn't handle it. And as one of you said about not relating to celebrities I agree and thats why I dont read their autobiographies although I did read the one about Elvis and what it was like to be his wife.
2007-10-08 00:45:01 · update #1
I don't think there is a criminal in me, if there was then it must be from a past life, I am a mother so abusing women and children shouldn't be a desire for me, maybe I am glad that none of these things have happened to me or my child. When I read "Sickened" by Julie Gregory I felt how much I didn't want to hurt my child, when I read "Kathy's Story" about a child who was sent to a convent to live it made me feel so sorry for the children in it that I don't see how I could be wanting to be a part of these things....
2007-10-08 00:49:05 · update #2
You simply feel a need to learn about either how others deal with the tramatic situations or how to better deal with your own as you see it.
You will get board when you have had your full and move on to a different subject when you feel its time.
2007-10-07 20:01:58 · answer #1 · answered by scott 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, your choice of reading material does not indicate that you are sick. And, obviously, many other readers are interested in the same topics these days. (You don't have to look too hard to find more of the same, right? The magazine and book publishers are putting out material that many people are buying.)
Thinking about the suffering of others may be of interest to you for a variety of reasons. One benefit may be that it helps you to appreciate the blessings in your own life and to allow you to appreciate the good that you experience day to day.
If you sense that reading about these topics is
1) affecting your relationships & causing you to respond negatively toward people, OR
2) that you are becoming depressed, OR
3) that you are obsessing about misery, then you'd better change your reading material.
If you are a basically happy individual, realize that you may be going through a phase of "enjoying" such material. Eventually, you will probably move on to other subject matter.
2007-10-07 20:22:10 · answer #2 · answered by Tequila 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know for me it is because it hits closer to home. I will never be a celebrity so their story really has no depth with me. Also, I like to know what the dangers are that surround average normal everyday people and what causes people to do some of the things they do. I have never been a believer in chemical disorders from a psychological standpoint, but rather a believer in circumstance, and every action gets a reaction, which can cause someones wiring or perception to become twisted and warped or cause them to do things they normally wouldn't do. For example, Jeffery Dahmers first killing was an accident, but he used that accident and future murders as a way to cope with his homosexuality, because at that time it was not socially acceptable and he felt guilty about being gay, so he took it out on people like himself. He was killing what he hated about himself.
2007-10-07 20:02:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is obviously something that intrigues you. Maybe you are searching for some inner strengths and survival skills through the ordeals of others.
2007-10-08 06:16:56 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Instantkarma♥♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your mental conditin is in questian!. There is a criminal in you!
u want to know about the others abusing children, / women , that means u are satisfiying ur subconcious mind!
2007-10-07 22:00:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
nothing is rong with u ... why people choose what they choose isnt nessaceraly who they are.........i choose to read about vampires and werewolfs and witches i also for some reason like to read about rape and insect it makes no sence she i dont like rape or insecet its how people put it the words on the paper that attraks us
2007-10-07 19:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by billy jack lol 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋