True Crime
Positive connections
Understanding danger, curiosity, compassion for victims
Only if personally recognizable
Emotional connections during this preference
Anxiety, fear, obsessive checking, distrust, revenge, fascination with power and control
Go Deeper
Do investigations inform you, or make you see strangers as increasingly dangerous? Which viewpoint holds you: victim, offender, or investigator?
Possible buried beliefs
“No one can be trusted.”
“I must stay alert to survive.”
Hard Places
Experiences of threats, betrayal, or victimization only if relevant.
More questions
If you could not turn to this activity, what feeling or responsibility might come into view?
Does the experience help you understand something painful, or repeatedly strengthen resentment?
Does not knowing or not being in control remain uncomfortable after the activity ends?
Does comparing yourself with someone involved in this preference change your sense of worth?