How does the human mind work that seeing something distressing makes everything seem meaningless afterward?

I want it to go away.

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Can you elaborate? I'm trying to understand. I see distressing things pretty often I worked at a state school and I had a stalker who tried gouging out his eyes to get my attention. I had to stop him. I've seen numerous people die, but I never recall feeling that everything seems meaningless afterwards. For me it's quite the opposite because of what I see and experience things are more meaningful to me now

SinlessOnslaught · M

@AngelUnforgiven I'm conflicted on elaborating because the questions are stressful.

AngelUnforgiven · 51-55, F

@SinlessOnslaught okay I understand, thank you!

SinlessOnslaught · M

@AngelUnforgiven Can you tell me more about how you handle it? I've heard people trained in stressful situations talk about how they handle it mentally, but some ways work better than others.