system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
what goes on in the head of the people who watch gore videos?

i am one of those people and i honestly want to know why people watch it because not everyone does. and i like to this its a coping mechanism and what not but what are the possible reasons that could drive a person to watch mutilation, dead bodies and other such video online? whats the psychological angle to it?


another thing to know about me, i HATE SUSPENSE AND THRILLER MOVIES. AND I ALSO DISLIKE HORROR MOVIES FOR THE MOST PART. THEY GIVE ME THE CREEPS. BUT I HAVE NO TROUBLE WATCHING GORE. and i cannot, for the life of me, bring myself to watch animal cruelty videos.
gpt
I'd guess morbid interest. Like seeing when the blood gushes out, the separation between the skin and the muscle. Just purely observing. It could also be them trying to observe and imagine how it would feel for them if they hurt themselves. It could also be them trying to see if seeing other people get hurt could make them feel empathy. They're limit testing their brain as to how it'd react to seeing such things. It could also be just pure sadism.