There’s this commercial that keeps playing that’s about a tv show about gay boys and aids and the whole aids crisis thing. And for some reason I can’t deal with it. Every time it comes on I have to cover my ears and hum so I can’t hear it or I just lose it. I don’t know why this is— I don’t know anyone with aids, I don’t have much experience with aids besides for the odd reality show that mentions it.
But it’s fucking with me massively. I don’t know if it’s just that I have an issue with death in media (I can’t read books with major character deaths, they make me super depressed). But it’s weirding me out that I’m having such a strong reaction to something for no apparent reason.
Does anyone have any idea why this is? Or maybe tips for getting over it?