[ SECRET POST #6513 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6513 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[There's Something About Mary]



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[Assassin's Creed]



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Comments

[fscom]

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[greghousesgf]

there's a big factor of "at least I'm better off than these people".

[(Anonymous)]

It's probably cathartic / to feel not alone in-distress?

[(Anonymous)]

Same, both read and create. It's just a self-expression kind of thing for me.

[(Anonymous)]

I do this sometimes, and for me, there's a few different reasons:
1) Reminding myself that it could be worse and so my situation may be bad, but it's not that bad.
2) Sometimes I really like to dig into my anger or sadness, be there in it in the fic and be angry or sad for another reason that I can let go after the end of the fic in a mini-catharsis. This sadly doesn't work for anxiety - that piles on top and makes mine worse and I have to stop reading.
3) There's something comforting about being able to put it down and stop for a while (or forever) if it gets too much. It's not really something I can do with my life and the sense of control over this feels like a bit of a solace.

[(Anonymous)]

been there. it wasn't so much about 'hey my life is better in comparison' or 'I want to wallow in my misery' but 'happy cheerful narratives and characters don't resonate with me, I can't connect to these emotions and get something from them, whereas grimdark angsty shit is something I can relate to and at least feel _something_ even if it's unhappy'. I didn't want to make my misery worse and cheering up wasn't working at all, so it was more of searching for emotions I was already feeling but wrapped in a show/book/fic.