I see both sides. I understand people love to decorate on Halloween. Heck, Halloween is my fav time of the year! However I've never understood why people like to look at things like this or watch movies including people getting tortured and stuff like that. It's not real -I get that, doesn't mean I have to like it. So I just accept some people are different and usually keep this to myself but since you're asking...It does always puzzles me how people basically like it for spirit. Call me a pansy but I've had a pretty dark past & to see people basically get entertainment out of things that are dark has always puzzled me. Certain things people think are normal could be a trigger for someone else— 'Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly'. As long as it isn't actually hurting anyone I think it's fine, even if I don't totally understand what people get out of it. I can agree it's artistically well done but that's about it, beyond that I think it's just disturbing. For the people who I know are going to bash me on this... just try to put yourself in the mindset of the parent of the kid that got freaked out by it, that's your child and it is something that looks very real. I can honestly empathize with that, I get it - "if I wanted to see that then I'd go to a haunted house". However, it IS freedom of expression and as an artist I totally agree with having the freedom to express yourself. But if it's one thing I learned quick (as someone who has triggers myself) it's that there's times when you're going to be exposed to shit you don't like. If it not hurting anyone just take another route.
For example, American horror story scares the shit out of me but my old roomie LOVED it, so when she watched it in the living room I occupied myself with my laptop or I just went out. I never mentioned it or acted upset about it or anything because over the years I've learned that I have triggers and know how to properly deal with them myself without disrupting anyone if I don't absolutely have to. Overtime she noticed I would bail anytime it came on and one day she told me she actually got her own tv in her room for when she wanted to view it. To each there own.
Now the other experience I've had with something similar is basically being yelled at for NOT sitting down and watching something that triggered me. An ex of mine tried to get me to watch GOT which I knew and heard from people was fairly graphic so I knew to just avoid it. I warned him I had triggers and that I heard its harsh and would rather not watch it with him but he convinced me otherwise and assured me that if it became too much we could turn it off. When it got too much (was a few seasons in -I forget exactly where) I basically bolted out of the room and asked if we could please turn it off and pretty much got yelled at/ bitched at for it and tried to even make me watch it again this time "holding me" as if that makes a huge difference. I bolted out again and this time even more upset then before having been literally held down and told to watch it anyway. I flipped shit. I dumped him after that (obviously). I respect that people like the show but it's just not for me. Sorry not sorry?
My point is that you shouldn't expect or give anyone shit just because they respectfully don't like what you do. Nor should you try to force anyone to like someone or "deal with it" if it's being forced upon them. Yeah I know that the decorations aren't being forced on her (duh)
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