In light of the other thread on Children In Need, to which posters suggested the OP not watch it if she was irritated by it I was reminded of something I have commented on numerous times.
I appreciate every charity needs as much exposure as possible, I do, and most of the causes are really important.
However I struggle in particular with the Macmillan ads. I have had close family members lost to cancer and really get upset by the graphic nature of the ads, it is like revisiting the horrendous dying process which I am totally still haunted by. And they come without warning too, so I just start to relax for the evening and all of a sudden will be someone on chemo or who has lost their hair. It really takes me to a place I don't want to be, and it is all the time.
I realise this makes me sound entitled and that Macmillan really do help as do Marie Curie but the Macmillan adverts in particular upset me. I suppose I know most people will say IABU from having a relative helped by them. I am not asking that they don't ask for support but the adverts are really graphic and triggering for me.
I also find the coffee mornings and the head shaving events hard, but I can avoid those.
Just wondered if others felt like it. I do realise that it is a good cause. It just seems like a reminder of my worst experiences every advert break.