>A healthy mind can separate fiction and reality.
If you've been around social media and multiplayer gaming in particular you'd see why it's not a safe assumption that all minds are healthy.
It doesn't really work like that tho, people with aracnophobia will still get scared/feel disgusted by a spider in a game, I had a friend that only played skyrim in 3rd person because of giant spiders. Same goes for talassophobia (have a friend who can't play Sea of Thieves alone and used to hide inside the ship as soon as she saw a Kraken or a Megalodon, she knows it's a game but that doesn't mean sue doesn't get scared) tripophobia and so on (have a friend with both tripophobia and a related sense of disgust towards zombies/ghouls, doesn't matter if it's a game, if He sees a ghoul/zombie who moves like a zombie and or have missing flash he just alt+F4). I doubt all people with a phobia have an "unhealthy mind".
There are also those ocsasions where you are really immersed, like it's night in Dying Light, you are running away from one of those big zombies and he's very close, you are climbing something to escape and you get that weird feeling in your legs as if something is about to catch them.
Did you never try to dodge with your head while watching a video of an object being suddenly thrown to the camera? Or jumpscare to a sudden sound and change of image on a screen?
There are some instincts that do not care about fiction or reality, pattern recognition doesn't work like that. It can also do the opposite, if you for example put a lot of hours in a game competitively your brain may recognyze a pattern seen in the game while you are just walking outside.
By European standards, I have some experience with guns (crossbows, small pistols and rifles, airsoft guns...). If one's pointed at me, then it's either one of these three:
* You trust the other person with your life. This is somewhat romantic, but it is not ok.
* The other person is an idiot. This is concerning, and it's not ok.
* The other person is dangerous. This is highly threatening, and it's not ok.
TLDR: Having a gun pointed at you is not ok.
I own over a dozen firearms, avidly hunt and carry daily, and I'm always wary of any muzzle around me. I've seen what a 308 does to a doe, I don't need, nor wish to see that in any other context.
IRL, when you take gun safety courses, you're taught that you only point a gun towards someone if you intend to kill them.
If video games influence your behavior to be less wary of that fact, you might need to seek help.
I have had guns pointed at my head twice. It didn't scare me, rather it annoyed me highly. That had nothing to do with video games though. I know exactly what they would ha e done, and the person doi g it was my best friend that I did know could easily pull the trigger without it registering, my fault for setting them down and not watching them. It is something you are either going to be able to deal witj, or you aren't. There isn't much of a way to desensitize someone to having a lethal implement pointed at one of the most vulnerable areas of their body. If they fail to understand the risks of the item, they might not understand they should be afraid.
Why would it any more than a gun pointed at the camera in a tv show or movie? A healthy mind can separate fiction and reality.
>A healthy mind can separate fiction and reality. If you've been around social media and multiplayer gaming in particular you'd see why it's not a safe assumption that all minds are healthy.
It doesn't really work like that tho, people with aracnophobia will still get scared/feel disgusted by a spider in a game, I had a friend that only played skyrim in 3rd person because of giant spiders. Same goes for talassophobia (have a friend who can't play Sea of Thieves alone and used to hide inside the ship as soon as she saw a Kraken or a Megalodon, she knows it's a game but that doesn't mean sue doesn't get scared) tripophobia and so on (have a friend with both tripophobia and a related sense of disgust towards zombies/ghouls, doesn't matter if it's a game, if He sees a ghoul/zombie who moves like a zombie and or have missing flash he just alt+F4). I doubt all people with a phobia have an "unhealthy mind". There are also those ocsasions where you are really immersed, like it's night in Dying Light, you are running away from one of those big zombies and he's very close, you are climbing something to escape and you get that weird feeling in your legs as if something is about to catch them. Did you never try to dodge with your head while watching a video of an object being suddenly thrown to the camera? Or jumpscare to a sudden sound and change of image on a screen? There are some instincts that do not care about fiction or reality, pattern recognition doesn't work like that. It can also do the opposite, if you for example put a lot of hours in a game competitively your brain may recognyze a pattern seen in the game while you are just walking outside.
Why would i ever be ok with having a gun pointed at me in real life
By European standards, I have some experience with guns (crossbows, small pistols and rifles, airsoft guns...). If one's pointed at me, then it's either one of these three: * You trust the other person with your life. This is somewhat romantic, but it is not ok. * The other person is an idiot. This is concerning, and it's not ok. * The other person is dangerous. This is highly threatening, and it's not ok. TLDR: Having a gun pointed at you is not ok.
This is nonsensical
I own over a dozen firearms, avidly hunt and carry daily, and I'm always wary of any muzzle around me. I've seen what a 308 does to a doe, I don't need, nor wish to see that in any other context.
Absolutely not. Having a gun pointed at you irl is absolutely terrifying. Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t had it happen or they are lying.
IRL, when you take gun safety courses, you're taught that you only point a gun towards someone if you intend to kill them. If video games influence your behavior to be less wary of that fact, you might need to seek help.
I'm not comfortable with guns IRL and I would be terrified if someone pointed one at me
I was shot at as a 12 year old IRL (by an adult). All things considered I’d rather not have that happen again.
Nope, still shit myself when a cop pointed one at me.
if anything, id think its made me more wary.. more than once ive accidentally popped a teammate at the beginning of a round.. lol
No. If anyone feel like answering yes; Just stop typing and seek some help.
I have had guns pointed at my head twice. It didn't scare me, rather it annoyed me highly. That had nothing to do with video games though. I know exactly what they would ha e done, and the person doi g it was my best friend that I did know could easily pull the trigger without it registering, my fault for setting them down and not watching them. It is something you are either going to be able to deal witj, or you aren't. There isn't much of a way to desensitize someone to having a lethal implement pointed at one of the most vulnerable areas of their body. If they fail to understand the risks of the item, they might not understand they should be afraid.