'The Bachelorette,' Taylor Frankie Paul and why it's OK not to watch that horrific video

That Taylor Frankie Paul and Dakota Mortensen video is brutal and hard to watch. You don't have to.

Taylor Frankie Paul's season of "The Bachelorette" has been canceled, shortly after a shocking, violent video surfaced involving Paul and her ex-partner Dakota Mortensen.

In the video, published by TMZ, Mortensen films as Paul hits and kicks him. She throws furniture at him. There's yelling and screaming. A child can be heard crying. The video surfaced amid an ongoing domestic assault investigation into Paul and and Mortensen, who have both reportedly leveled allegations.

The video is brutal and difficult to watch. Mental health professionals say you don't have to.

Witnessing violence has, unfortunately, become an assumed risk when logging onto the internet. Violent videos abound on social media and in the news. Often, we're confronted with them before we even have the chance to decide if we want to watch in the first place.

Violent videos can indeed negatively impact our psyches, especially if we have experienced violence ourselves. It's important to remember you don't have to view this kind of material in order to stay informed or have empathy for those impacted.