Does reading dark romance help anxiety?

Hi hope this is ok to post here. A year ago I started reading dark romance and the darkness the better. I also should say I also got a therapist again because I was starting to feel self injurious feeling again. I think age perenopause, kids leaving, and just aging triggered things. Anyway the dark romance helps with my anxiety. It calms my nerves immensely. The more violent the book the calmer I feel. I definitely had some challenging moments at a kid, lots of domestic violence exposure, se direct violence and a number of other things. Just curious if anyone else can relate.