Arts said:

Cymek said:

Arts said:

my brain is clinical. and I am good at compartmentalising. and I don’t feel the same emotions as humans do.

But sometimes it is still upsetting.

There is a pretty well known cautionary story in my area of study that is about a seasoned detective, very high ranking, been in the job for a long time and quite well dajusted, who was tasked to catalogue all of the tools of a particularly sadistic serial sexual offender and kidnapper. She did her job diligently – it took days, maybe even weeks. Once she was finished she went home and died by suicide with her issue revolver.

sad studd, but definitely a reminder to take care of your brain.

Do you find you brain gets used to it and whilst not normal its impact in general is lessened.

I don’t know if used to it is the right expression, because that’s counterproductive to what we want to achieve… maybe desensitised? I do have to watch what I say in mixed company because there is some desensitisation that occurs and our humor can be dark, so I need to think about my word choice when talking about my research in mixed company.

Yes desensitised is better wording