usedtobeperkytina
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This is just an opinion.
I was listening to the radio, a news / interview show. The woman was telling about how T.V. shows use our natural instincts to get our attention. She said that when we lived in nature, we had to be aware of becoming a tiger's lunch. So our brain is programed to pay attention to sudden movements. That way we will see the predator before it gets us.
We don't depend on our nose or ears as much as we do our eyes.
T.V. shows want us to give our attention to them, so we don't click to another channel. Especially since we have remote controls.
So they have flashing lights, things flying toward you, etc. to capture your attention.
Same in movies in movie theatre. 3-D is an extreme version of this. But other movies have "special effects" that are meant to be visually stimulating. The loud sound is part of it. But it is stimulating the body's response to threats (as it was when we lived in nature) with sudden movements. So our body's response is high alert, release of cortisol, flooding the body, etc. as though we had a predator after us. For healthy people, it makes them feel alert, alive.
And that is where the danger is. CFSers have a very sensitive CNS. This is shown by light sensitivity and noise sensitivity. We need to be calming the CNS, not stimulating it. We don't need this. It is harmful. Our sympathetic is also overworked. It needs some down time. We should be encouraging more parasympathetic time. In general, stress is harmful to us, just as it is for some with other illnesses. And T.V. shows are geared to create stress.
Remember in 1997 the Japanese cartoon that was causing some little kids to have seizures? This is the design of T.V. shows. Now that I look up the old news reports, it wasn't just children.
I just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention. Some may not have thought of it. But we need to be careful with what T.V. shows and how much T.V. we watch.
Tina
I was listening to the radio, a news / interview show. The woman was telling about how T.V. shows use our natural instincts to get our attention. She said that when we lived in nature, we had to be aware of becoming a tiger's lunch. So our brain is programed to pay attention to sudden movements. That way we will see the predator before it gets us.
We don't depend on our nose or ears as much as we do our eyes.
T.V. shows want us to give our attention to them, so we don't click to another channel. Especially since we have remote controls.
So they have flashing lights, things flying toward you, etc. to capture your attention.
Same in movies in movie theatre. 3-D is an extreme version of this. But other movies have "special effects" that are meant to be visually stimulating. The loud sound is part of it. But it is stimulating the body's response to threats (as it was when we lived in nature) with sudden movements. So our body's response is high alert, release of cortisol, flooding the body, etc. as though we had a predator after us. For healthy people, it makes them feel alert, alive.
And that is where the danger is. CFSers have a very sensitive CNS. This is shown by light sensitivity and noise sensitivity. We need to be calming the CNS, not stimulating it. We don't need this. It is harmful. Our sympathetic is also overworked. It needs some down time. We should be encouraging more parasympathetic time. In general, stress is harmful to us, just as it is for some with other illnesses. And T.V. shows are geared to create stress.
Remember in 1997 the Japanese cartoon that was causing some little kids to have seizures? This is the design of T.V. shows. Now that I look up the old news reports, it wasn't just children.
I just wanted to bring this to everyone's attention. Some may not have thought of it. But we need to be careful with what T.V. shows and how much T.V. we watch.
Tina
I also like renting artsy films. I also listen to soothing music almost all the time.
