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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2018-04-28 03:22 pm

[ SECRET POST #4133 ]


⌈ Secret Post #4133 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2018-04-28 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
If this is Tumblr related, one thing I found to reduce my anxiety considerably was to avoid the tags. Try to find yourself as peaceful corner as possible with kind, reasonable people whose posts calm you down.

(Anonymous) 2018-04-28 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
How do you find those people if you don't get in there and talk to anyone?

This is a serious question. Friends don't magically appear just because you want them. And if none of your close, quiet circle of safe friends is interested in making new friends, how do you join a new fandom? What if your small group of friends don' care about your new fandom? What if they rarely do anything to promote your posts or work, because they have no interest in getting involved in the wider aspects of fandom? They're not going to bring friends and attention to you like a mother bird with a worm.

My impression was that the OP wants to get involved, they're just afraid to. So your suggestion doesn't quite help, because it actively encourages them NOT to try and how are they supposed to make those nice fandom friends without, y'know, interacting with the fandom? The "safe circle of friends" advice requires you to first meet people who share your interests.

*this comment brought to you by someone who also wants to cast a wider net but after years and years, has no confidence left*