comforting fictional characters again?

i comfort them because they comfort me

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There’s nothing worse for your mental health than staying on the phone too much and getting dopamine from an unhealthy source and in this generation, that source is social media and fictional worlds. It’s unhealthy because it disconnects you from the real world. You lose connection with reality and give all of your energy, love, and support to people who don’t even know who you are and based on the title, connect with people who don’t even exist.

It’s hard to put into words, but that’s not escapism when the real world can’t give you the comfort you are looking for. Yes, I’m too invested in fictional characters, stories, and trauma that don’t even exist. Yes, I cry watching my comfort character struggle, and I know that it’s all an act. Everyone is doing what they feel is best for them. Idols leave their groups, actors act in heartbreaking movies, writers write sympathetic characters and storylines to entertain, and it’s all an act, and I should not be crying over it, but here I am doing it anyway.

Some of the letters/articles on this platform are actually for fictional characters that I was trying to connect with and comfort because they had a tragic ending 🙂. And I also have some direct letters to these characters chilling in my drawer. Ask me…