All Discussions Tagged 'Feelings' - Wild Minds network2024-03-28T15:25:11Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Feelings&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFalling In Love With Fictional Characterstag:wildminds.ning.com,2016-04-23:4661400:Topic:2281422016-04-23T04:56:42.676ZB L Carlsonhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/BLCarlson
<p>Has anyone here ever fallen in love with a fictional character, either one you made up or from existing media?</p>
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<p>This is something that happens every now and again, and for 3-5 days, I am stricken with heartache. It completely overtakes me, and I have to indulge in media related to it for those 3-5 days. Sometimes, certain themes from the game/book/movie/whatever amplify it or may be the source of it, such as themes involving escapism or magic or adventure or friendship, which I…</p>
<p>Has anyone here ever fallen in love with a fictional character, either one you made up or from existing media?</p>
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<p>This is something that happens every now and again, and for 3-5 days, I am stricken with heartache. It completely overtakes me, and I have to indulge in media related to it for those 3-5 days. Sometimes, certain themes from the game/book/movie/whatever amplify it or may be the source of it, such as themes involving escapism or magic or adventure or friendship, which I think might be rooted in some kind of depression or loneliness or whatever. I say this because I notice feelings of what are like homesickness or nostalgia or a feeling of longing, especially when I think about their backstories or the world they inhabit. So sometimes that causes it. God forbid the media is obscure or lacking in content...</p>
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<p>I have one solace. I know that eventually it will pass, and I will stop obsessing over the character. I call these 'episodes' personally, and they are the worst part of my MDD. For some characters, I've never had those feelings again and most likely never will again, whereas with other characters, I go in and out and they will likely stick with me forever.</p>
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<p>I write this now because I've been in an episode lately, and I think I'm starting to come out of it. But man, it's awful, and it seems it will take one or two more days of heartache. It's even worse 'cause I had an episode like a week before it. That time, it wasn't really falling in love. I think I just really empathized with the depressing world they lived in, and also because it had many themes that I'm really soft towards.</p>
<p>Does anyone got advice for this, as well?</p>
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