not “oh my god it’s just a tv show” as in you are not allowed to find genuine joy and form a true connection to fiction, but “oh my god it’s just a tv show” as in, if it legitimately stresses you out and impacts your mood when things don’t happen exactly the way you want them to, and it causes you to lash out at other - real - people, maybe you need to take a massive step back.
i'm the guy who causes all those random mystery bruises and tiny scratches you only see when you wake up btw. yeah. sorry. it sucks for me too, but i have to do it. i just crawl into people's houses and start beating on them very gently with hammers and nails. yeah it's a lot. sorry. i didn't want you to find out like this but oh well.
In this sonification of Perseus. the sound waves astronomers previously identified were extracted and made audible for the first time. The sound waves were extracted outward from the center. (source)
self-flagellation and self-bullying are all bad motivators for change BTW. it can be hard to escape from a spiral but genuinely u have to be nice to urself or nothing will change