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#1 Jar Of Chocolate Reserved For An Animal Hospital’s Euthanasia Appointments. They Said It’s Because Dogs Don’t Deserve To Die Without Tasting Chocolate

“First, most of us are painfully aware that darkness, what some call evil, exists. We may satisfy some human, psychological needs when we engage with it through the news, movies, or documentaries,” Marlo said.

Marlo argues that “when watching another story, and in particular, these dark and traumatic stories, we witness another person’s narrative. Narrating one’s own story, especially if we have a story that includes trauma, is emotional and hard.”

Meanwhile, “watching another’s story can give us a sense of gaining understanding or relief for ‘free,’ because we are hearing about another’s story but not doing any of the hard, psychological work to create our own story.”

#2 Oh Hell No

Marlo explained that “it is a little like someone who reads a self-help book and imagines they will get better by reading about another person’s process. This is especially true if the story that we are fixated on has personal or traumatic meaning for us.”

Moreover, becoming immersed in another’s dark story can be a vicarious version of what psychologists call, ‘identification with the aggressor.’ “Rather than being the victim, one identifies with the aggressor and their story, and can displace unthinkable, dark impulses onto the person they are viewing, who may be doing things they may not be able to think about but wish to do.”

Marlo explained that “they may also feel more powerful, safer, strong, dominant, and in control by viewing another doing unthinkable things but they are watching and don’t have to act it out in their real life where it would have negative consequences internally and externally.”

#3 Imagine All The Poop Particles On The Food They Serve

#4 South Shore Vet Clinic: “This Tick Has Been Hanging Around For Us To Show People For A While”

“After months in a sealed container with no additional feeding she laid eggs. This gives you an idea of how long a tick can be dormant and how many eggs one female can lay.”

The Jungian psychoanalyst argues that “by watching about another’s story, we may gain a sense of control, understanding, or vicarious mastery over our own aggressive fantasies and anxieties about evil, whether we imagine ourselves in the role of the perpetrator and/or victim.”

This could explain Netflix’s hugely popular docuseries “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (2022). Arlo argues that the Jeffrey Dahmer story, for example, gives us at least one version of a real-life story of a serial killer.

“We may feel as if we have a better understanding of senseless violence and the irrationalities of evil by becoming immersed in learning about one person’s story. His story is a mixture of elements—some common and some uncommon—which enables us to compare and contrast this story with our own life story and our own fears, wishes, and/or fantasies.”

#5 An X-Ray Of A Man’s Arm That Was Crushed By A Meat Grinder

#6 Apparently, I’m Allergic To Everything

#7 Bottles Of Pee Thrown Into The Woods By Truck Drivers

But how can we explain our fascination with this kind of raw, violent, and unpleasant material? Well, Marlo says we can look for answers in the psychological mechanism of displacement.

“We all can feel some sense of vulnerability in knowing we could be the target of random violence or evil.We may feel a fascination and some voyeuristic pleasure in seeing another’s story and hearing how it happened to someone else. I am not suggesting that many of us wish harm on another person or even get sadistic pleasure in others’ suffering, although some people do.”

The Jungian psychoanalyst continued: “Rather, knowing that humans can hurt and inflict suffering on one another, and that irrational and uncontrollable things happen, becoming engrossed in another’s dark misfortune can help us feel less vulnerable and find some relief.”

#8 Every Gun Is Loaded And Every Pot Handle Is Hot

#9 First Micky And Minnie Costumes Circa 1939

#10 What Getting Shot In The Elbow With A 12 Gauge Shotgun Looks Like On X-Ray

Surprisingly, watching such stories may, actually, increase our empathy for others’ suffering. “In the story, we might imagine this misfortune came from natural consequences, poor choices, genetics, karma, bad luck, or the fickle finger of fate. And becoming fascinated by another’s story may help us feel, irrationally, that we can protect ourselves from it; or are inoculated from it and/or that we can learn from it and escape this misfortune.” So in the end, it likely has a completely opposite effect than the material itself.

Another explanation for our fascination with the dark side of life can be found in a basic law of psychic behavior known as “compensation,” Marlo told us. “This is especially true when we are surprised by someone that we may not think would be utterly fascinated by stories of dark news. The law of compensation posits that when one attitude and approach to life is overdeveloped in consciousness, then a corresponding compensation emerges from the unconscious to help bring the psyche back into balance.”

#11 A Friend Of Mine Had Scoliosis And This Is Pictures From Their Surgery

#12 My Friend Sent Me A Picture Of His Bedsheets After A Nights Sleep Fighting Off A Fever

#13 Don’t Like Spiders? How About A Zombified Spider Reanimated By A Fungal Infestation?

Marlo argues that “this other side compensates for thoughts, perceptions, and emotions which fail to reach consciousness because we may dissociate, repress, or defend against them in a variety of ways.”

She gave an example: “a pacifist may have flashes of violent imagery, thoughts, and dreams that they banish from awareness. These flashes can be their psyche’s way of raising their awareness about this other side of life, to gain more balance, and become more whole. The pacifist may become fascinated by these dark stories as a way of bringing some of the dark, aggressive, combative energy into their otherwise peaceful life as a pacifist.”

Marlo recounted how she had a patient who loved watching true crime. “In her professional work, she had to be very responsible, personable, kind, and empathic to many underserved people. Watching true crime helped her have an outlet from her otherwise kind and generous life spent serving other people.”

#14 The Big Mackkake

#15 Dad Almost Drank Him But They Def Touched Lips

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#16 The Brown??

And if you ever wondered if something’s wrong with you because you’re drawn to dark material, you’re not the only one and it can also be perfectly explained. Marlo argues that being human also means having dark impulses or undeveloped, “hurt part of ourselves that Jung called our Shadow.”

Marlo explained Jung’s theory of Shadow further: “We all have a shadow that expresses itself in moments of pain, stress, and unconsciousness. Typically, objects of fascination on crime shows or social media are people whose shadows are big; out there; exposed for our viewing.”

#17 Be White Like Ghost, Float Down River For 4hrs No Sunscreen

#18 One Of The Kindergartners Drew Their Mommy

#19 It’s Transformation Into A Real Mouse Is Nearly Complete

Think of it as a public display of impulses that most of us usually keep inside and underground, Marlo argues. “It can be fascinating for us to see others’ shadows out there whether their shadow is familiar or foreign to our self. In addition, we stay fascinated with their story because it gives us an opportunity to see what happens when one lives out this dark side—something that some individuals could not even imagine let alone dream of doing.”

#20 Ancient Egyptian Dental Work

#21 You Guys Ever Get A Mustache Hair Stuck In Your Can, Pull It Out, Then Cry Like The Manly Man You Are?

#22 Little Kid Crying Because Mom Found His Pee Drawer

#23 Whoever Designed This Deserves A Slow Death

#24 Brushing Your Teeth And You Realise There Were More Bristles Today

#25 Mosquito Feeder

#26 This Guy Trying To Fix This Mess

#27 Bed Bugs

#28 Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis “Treeman Syndrome”

#29 The Source Of My Mom’s Car Odor (Spoiled Milk Gone Unnoticed In The Tire Hatch)

#30 Perks Of Living In Desert Areas

#31 Please….. Stop Mentioning How Hot It Is

#32 Have A Guess How Much Pain I’m In

#33 Phineas Gage. The Man That Survived A Tamping Iron Through The Skull. More On Him By Samonella Academy

#34 He Cut Off His Lips, Ears And 2 Fingers. Now, ‘Black Alien’ Plans To Amputate 2 More Fingers, Leg

#35 The Way This Gymnast Is Standing

#36 Seems To Be Very Safe

#37 Human Eyes Threepio

#38 This Will Haunt My Dreams

#39 I Can Feel The Anger From Cleaning That Chocolate On The Keyboard

#40 Barefoot Is Still Illegal In Most Stores So Here’s A Life Hack

#41 That’s How It Works?

#42 Head (Ship’s Restroom) Of Navy Destroyer Uss Kidd That Sailed From 1943 To 1967. One Seat Is Painted Red: This Was Called The “Hot Seat” And It Was Reserved For Crew Who Had Sexually Transmitted Diseases

#43 Nice Phone Holder You Got There

#44 Soup Du Jour! (Dishie Refuses To Change The Water And Just Says He’s Been Washing Dishes For 40 Years)

#45 For All My Car Guys Out There

#46 Dude Making Some Blood Donations (Blood Type No!!!!)

#47 Jesus I’m Scared…

#48 Who Does This

#49 I Have No Words

#50 Spider Sac Inside Keyboard

#51 I Had An Eye Biopsy And Now I Look Like The Undead

#52 Sitting Down Too Hard

#53 The Effects Of Severe Syphilis. The Disease Would Cause Painful Ulcers To Appear On The Face. These Ulcers Would Eat Away At The Bone & Cause The Nose To Collapse. Syphilis Would Attack The Nervous System And Brain In The Later Stages, Causing Blindness, Paralysis, Dementia, And Seizures

#54 A Beautifully Designed Button Sculpture

#55 Hygiene Is Important

#56 Fibrodysplasia Offificans

#57 The Inside Of My Fridge’s Ice And Water Dispenser

#58 Went To The Dentist Cause My Wisdom Tooth Was Hurting. Turns Out It Was The Tooth Next To It

#59 Seeing This My Ribs Hurt

#60 My Artificial Disc Replacement (C5-C6) Is Migrating Out Of My Spine

#61 The Complimentary ‘Shampoo’ In The Motel I’m Staying In Overnight

#62 W T F

#63 Found The Source Of My Toothache

#64 Tarantula Infected With Cordycipitaceae

#65 Clothes Made From Used Blow-Up Dolls

#66 My Grandma’s Brush, I’m Guessing It’s Between 20 Or 45 Years Old Since She Keeps Everything, Plus When I Was Very Young I Remember It Looking The Same

#67 Woman Had A Calcified Fetus In Her For 55 Years

#68 My Buddy Broke His Arm A Few Years Ago

#69 The Mold Growing Behind My Dad’s Fridge

#70 Landed A Great Job! But This Is The Chair And Cubicle I Was Assigned

#71 My Uni’s Keyboards

#72 These “Pink Lemonade Lips” Give Me A Stinging Herpes Cringe

#73 Cockroaches Ruined My Honey. So Grossed Out Seeing This

#74 I Can’t Believe This Showed Up On My Feed. I Need To Bleach My Eyes

#75 Looked Away For A Minute And A Fly Laid Eggs On My Gyoza

#76 The Size Of This Hail From Texas Yesterday

#77 Flea Market Candy Machine For Sale

#78 I Photographed A Mosquito Drinking My Blood

#79 Hmmm

#80 This Is Not Okay

#81 Dental Clinic Christmas Tree

#82 Toothbrush

#83 My Leg After Cutting It Off Under The Knee And Putting It Back Together With Titanium, You Can Still See The Cut Here. It Never Recovered Correctly Since My Body Rejected The Titanium And Nerve Damage But I Can Walk Again For A Little While At The Time At Least

#84 Jesus

#85 11l Of Urine Stored In A Bladder…

#86 Why?

#87 Found This Is A Piece Of Beef I Was Eating. Felt Like A Rubber Band

#88 Op Of The Original Post Has His Work Kitchen And Toilet In The Same Room

#89 Fun Fact, If You Manage To Bend The Rod In Your Foot, The Rest Of It Shatters

#90 Never Cleaned The Gasket On The Spout Of My Water Bottle Until My Friend Showed Me His. Here’s What I Found

#91 4 Days Into Sunburn Recovery, My T-Shirt Got Stuck To My Back And

#92 Remember To Throw The Pumpkin Out Before Too Long

#93 Let Me Introduce To You: My Wrist After Wearing Any Watch

#94 Human Tooth Necklace

#95 Make It Suffer… Delhi Spaghetti

#96 My Girlfriend Never Changed Her Air Filter In The Entire Two Years She’s Lived In Her Apartment. This Is The Atrocity I Pulled Out

#97 Kidney Stones Passed Recently. They Left The Kidneys And Have Been In The Bladder For About Three Years

#98 Hurts My Soul

#99 Was About To Sleep When I Found This Guy On My Pillow

#100 Mmmm, Fresh Tacos

#101 Prickily Banana

#102 Gum Piercings… Why?

#103 Plangonologist: Collector Of Dolls

#104 Down The Side Of My Brothers Bed, Don’t Wanna Know What The Tissues Were Used For

#105 These Pepperonis I Found

#106 Pain

#107 Merry Teethmas

#108 The Hand Dryer At My Work

#109 Help!

#110 Thanks I Hate The Worlds Itchiest Suit

#111 My Friend Has Never Cleaned His Peloton. That’s Not Dust… Its Salt From Dried Sweat

#112 What In The Jesus Christ Is This Car?

#113 My (34m) Dad (65)has Been Using The Same Hairbrush Every Day Since I Was 3. It Has Never Been Cleaned

#114 When You Live Without Fear, You Can Do Anything

#115 Looks Delish

#116 Catpill

#117 True Love’s First Kiss