[ SECRET POST #7039 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7039 ⌋

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Transcript by OP

[fscom]

It's funny how, when shit gets real in your life, fandom stuff can fall to the background and suddenly look so unimportant. I had a crisis in my personal life, and all these things that felt like they really mattered, it suddenly became clear that they did not matter.

[(Anonymous)]

I totally relate. On the other hand, during some very dark and fucked up times, I took refuge in fandom and was extremely active, always working on fic and art, because it was my escapism. But other situations brought me away from fandom and made me lose interest in my fandom hobbies, and I definitely stopped caring about fandom drama whatsoever. I guess it depends on what kind of problems you're dealing with and whether it's something where you end up with a lot of free time during the crisis for whatever reason, or something where you really just have to focus on the issues at hand for awhile.

[(Anonymous)]

Absolutely.

My most intense fandom activity has been during periods when my life situation was relatively comfortable but not particularly fulfilling.

In periods of real crisis or real contentment, fandom seems trivial or silly.

[(Anonymous)]

I have the opposite - when my real life is horrible, fandom gets me through. But I'm not a very dramatic fandom person, so maybe my definition of "important" is different?

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, with the little bit of fandom that I do, it never feels important to me except as a form of entertainment or escape. And those things only become more important when real life gets harder. But sometimes real life is just exhausting or overwhelming in a way that there's no mental energy left for anything fandom-related.

[(Anonymous)]

For me it is different kinds of horrible. Deep depression and anxiety and avoiding thinking about my life? Fandom! Family, death of loved ones, friends? No fandom.

Almost like trauma/drama that is mostly from my own mind, I tend to lean into fandom. Trauma from outsode in the "real world" I tend to be like secret OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that's very true, and a common experience. I've gone through it, myself.

But you know, the upside is that once you come through the crisis, you have the ability to engage with fandom in a whole new and arguably better way.