[ SECRET POST #2372 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2372 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 070 secrets from Secret Submission Post #339.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

15. http://i44.tinypic.com/6gief4.jpg

[electromouse]

I can relate, anon.

[(Anonymous)]

Pic related? Are you talking about the Sailormoon fandom?

[sootyowl]

Baby steps? Like comment on a fic you love (even if it's just "great fic") or just reply "thank you" on a fic comment.

It is hard tho. I can relate. I sounds bad, but sometimes you just have to force yourself to do something to get over it. I'm not saying it happens over night, but just trying to do something even if you don't succeed gets you closer to accomplishing your goal. (Of course if that causes you too much stress, take a break and try a different day. Picture everyone's icon naked when you reply next time, haha).

[elaminator]

I'm not saying it happens over night, but just trying to do something even if you don't succeed gets you closer to accomplishing your goal.

WISE WORDS MY FRIEND. (Seriously.)

[elaminator]

It doesn't make you selfish to not reply to comments; you don't owe anyone a response. However, of course it's nice and most people appreciate one; plus, like you said, discussing your interests in fandom makes it much easier to find friends.

Anyway, I'm sorry. It can be difficult to put yourself out there. (That's understandable imo, since not all people are naturally sociable.) Still...other than forcing yourself to interact with people more (until you become more comfortable with it, and possibly even crave it), I'm not sure what to suggest. :/

I've been there, though. Good luck on overcoming it, OP.

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is Ami Mizuno (Sailor Mercury) from the anime series "Sailor Moon". She's a short-haired teenager wearing a school uniform (a long-sleeved white blouse with a blue-with-white-lines lapel and blue-with-white-lines cuffs and a big red bow on the chest). She's sitting in front of a computer and eating while she looks at the computer screen.]

I want to talk about fandom but I'm terrified of actually talking to people.

Someone posts something interesting and I imagine an awesome conversation we could have but when it comes to commenting, I just can't do it. And when someone comments on something I post, I get the same reaction. I have to push myself to reply and even then I sometimes just can't do it. I love getting the comments though, so I just feel like a selfish jerk.

Too long; didn't read: I wish I could get over this and make some fandom friends.

[(Anonymous)]

follow sootyowl's advice, but also:

that moment when you imagine the conversation? stop. don't imagine anything. just reply or move on with something else. that imagination is part of the problem, since it gives you a bit of emotional satisfaction from pretending you did a thing (there are studies about this) and makes you less hungry for the satisfaction of the real thing, since in your mind you already "did the hard work"

[(Anonymous)]

*fistbump* Right with ya, OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Do you mean logged-in comments or anonymous comments? There are many anon-memes around, you could try one if you haven't already. You can't make friends when you're anonymous, but you can still have awesome conversations.

If even anonymous comments make you uncomfortable, then it's kind of ironic because I think it's very brave of you to post secrets here. While I'm comfortable with commenting, I never post any secrets because it's embarrassing to think that everyone will read it.