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Watching YouTube videos/other media based on mood

UberScout

Please Don't Be Mad At Me 02/09/1996
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This is a habit I developed long ago, to help me vent more easily and also as "therapy" for when I need a break from reality. If youre scratching your head at that, by therapy I mean I watch/look at different media depending on what I feel or how much energy I have. A rundown of my categorizations:

Neutral, indifferent: Speed runs, vine collections, fan art, live stream highlights

Happy: Jackpot music found in Pachinko games, things by Vocaloid, catchy songs, the occasional cat or bird video

Kind of sad: Angsty music, songs about sad feelings, the occasional serious anime scene

Moderately sad: Same as above, but more...relatable?

I Don't Wanna Talk About It: Music that people cry to or listen to with empty snack boxes next to them while buried under two or three weighted blankets in a puddle of tears being heavily spilled from an urge to desperately clean my soul of corrupted emotions

The Benadryl Blues: "Suicide Note" by Kyle Spratt being blasted at max volume on a Bluetooth speaker

Annoyed: Stress ball, playing Skyrim quests that require stealing important items

Aggravated: Please, knock it off.

Angry: "Take it Off!" by Ke$ha playing in earbuds while I swerve around cops I'm GTA 4

Very Angry: "CLICK CLICK BOOM" by Saliva playing while throwing cars at crowds of people in PROTOTYPE 2

Livid: "Dead Bodies Everywhere" by KoRn while rocketing people with an RPG in GTA 4/PROTOTYPE 2

Get The Blip Out Of My Face!!: Pacing back and forth really fast hyperventilating and seething at the teeth, possibly meditating in the shower at full heat to steam it off

Apocalypse Protocol No. 666: Somebody better knock me out or somebody gets hurt, badly.

Ragnarok Mode: You're going to die. [This isn't something I would actually do; this is just an exaggerated way of saying "I'm having a very bad day and I need some space, and ive been pushed to the point where I'm about to start using combat as a communication outlet. Please give me time to cool off."

Comical: The "Weird" side of YouTube, as its called

Lolwat?: Videos of things apparently not supposed to happen in reality, but look that way because someone is really good at video effects; memory scrambling programs that forcibly glitch Nintendo games so that Mario's head is on his foot

What The Heck Did I Just Watch?: Self explanatory.

Kawaii: Fan animations of "small" Pokémon doing things like showing affection or playing hide and seek in a sock...yeah, when youre 22 with autism and depression is your enemy, you'll do anything.

Theatrical: Roleplay in a Discord server with a character type I'm familiar with, monologuing a character type IRL, writing creepypasta or fanfiction

I Think Therefore I Am: Walls of Text to irrelevant communities about why Autism is not merely an excuse to do outlandish gestures and actions and that while it can be viewed as a staggering cripple of the mind, it is still part of a human body that deserves to be treated humanly

I Have No Scream And I Must Mouth: I'm in so much physical pain that I can't think straight (I actually am suffering with two teeth that are royally jacked up and are slated for removal by a dental surgeon; when flare ups start, saints alive it's awful, and it doesn't stop until it's medicated.)

Kind of tired: Moderately calm videos or soundscapes

Sleepy: Music of the "Rest Areas" found in the Kirby games, or the areas in Pokemon games where mythical or legendary Pokemon are found

Heavy: Guided meditations, or self-hypnosis recordings or visuals

Windows Is Shutting Down: Fall face down into a pillow, then wake up the next day forgetting what happened

When Your Legs Don't Work Like They Used To Before: Found somebody i'm really fond of, trading romance songs and such (I haven't had this happen for a long time :( )

Yet another wall of text...god I need to find easier ways to do this. But hopefully this gives others some ideas to vent...some say venting is harmful, for me its the only way I can properly filter stress and anger; I keep telling people that holding it back only backs it up and I eventually get impacted with rage, it turns to bile and poisons me...

But the WON'T UNDERSTAND...

(blink, blink blink) Okay, gotta go, see ya!
 
Vent away Brother :)

I wouldn't say I watch the same kind of YouTube content as yourself, but yes I do use it often as a tool to match my mood. I only really discovered the versatility of YouTube and Vimeo about 5 years ago when I found it was the best source of information and instruction on a new interest I had developed. Since then it's become a regular thing for me. Most of the music I like can be found there, plenty of comedy either in clips or sometimes full shows. A huge library of documentaries, reviews and factual content. There's a lot of useless drivel too and people with dodgy views getting on their soapboxes, but if you're selective it can be a great way to wind down or to brighten up a dull day.
 
Speaking of dodgy views, search " I dont even know" on YouTube. Its this video where this guy is "riding" a broom Harry Potter style, but he jumps and cuts out parts where he's on the ground so it looks like he's flying, yelping "Woop woop woop woop!" as he's doing so. Its...out there but it just makes you laugh. I'd post it but my phone is being a smeerp for some reason.
 
it's pretty cool how you were able to map all of that out.

If you're sad
Kind of sad: Angsty music, songs about sad feelings, the occasional serious anime scene

can you force yourself to be happier by using
Happy: Jackpot music found in Pachinko games, things by Vocaloid, catchy songs, the occasional cat or bird video


?

 
Meh, the main YouTube footage I watch is Taekwondo practice, gaming footage and 80's music videos.
 
Not me I try to watch uplifting videos no matter what mood I'm in. Unless I'm looking for a tutorial on something, I just watch things from my subscribed channels, mainly Lantis.
 
it's pretty cool how you were able to map all of that out.

If you're sad
Kind of sad: Angsty music, songs about sad feelings, the occasional serious anime scene

can you force yourself to be happier by using
Happy: Jackpot music found in Pachinko games, things by Vocaloid, catchy songs, the occasional cat or bird video


?

I'm afraid not, without whatever was making me sad going away on its own. Of course, many NTs have the faulty belief that its just some kind of switch I can flip and instantly go from sad to happy like it never happened.

"Autistic" doesn't mean "robot".
 

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