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CONFRONTING MOVIES

Unknown userMember12 Aug 2016, 9:35 am AEST

CONFRONTING MOVIES

Really do have to be careful what we watch, expose ourselves to. Recently I watched that fairly new DVD "LAST CAB TO DARWIN" Oh my goodness, it talked about dying a lot. Apart from a vivid acount of the Australian autback, it was a powerful, sometimes humerous perspective of terminal illness, euthenasia and suicidal ideology... All very confronting. What stuck out to me was the way he said "its really hard to k... Yourself!" Only a person who's been down that road knows what he meant. It really messed with my head a while. The depression & SI.

Does anyone else find these movies a trigger at times?

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Unknown userMember22 Oct 2018, 9:21 am AEDT

Re: CONFRONTING MOVIES

HAVE ANY OF YOU WATCHED A CHALLENGING MOVIE LATELY?

last night I watched “I Tanya”

OH MY GOODNESS, she was mixed up, psychologically, emotionally & physically abused as a child. Really bought our the damage from toxic mums, intergenerational.

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OrcaNew Contributor28 Oct 2018, 2:35 pm AEDT

Re: CONFRONTING MOVIES

Hi.

I had a similar experience when visiting Port Arthur. I enjoy museums and other historical things, old photos, etc, but aside from the feeling of somebody being there and claustraphibia, having lots of photos and stories of the poor inmates didnt help either.

Mentally tough during and after, and strong physical effect. I wont be going back in a hurry.

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