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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-01-04 03:50 pm

[ SECRET POST #2559 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2559 ⌋

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Re: The whole concept of secondhand embarrassment is stupid.

(Anonymous) 2014-01-05 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
I've always had a dread of doing something embarrassing in public ever since I was a kid. I won't talk about it or admit it, but sometimes I'll have a good day and be out talking to people... and then I'll lie in bed at night going over all the conversations I had, feeling sick to stomach over how stupid I must've sounded, or whether or not I offended someone.

So when I see a character doing something that would embarrass me if I were in their place, I have this involuntary moment of discomfort. Most of the time I can shrug it off, but sometimes it's so strong I have to stop watching or I won't watch that particular show/movie again.

I still enjoy some aspects of camp and cheese, depending on how it's done. It's just that I never know what will affect me in that way until it happens. It took me years to figure out that it was happening in the first place, and WHY. Point is, when it does happen, it's no longer fun for me. I'm suddenly a kid again, sitting in fourth grade math class while my teacher tells the class how many questions I got wrong on the test in a mock horror tone of voice. After years of trying, I can only control it to a degree.

Does this mean I have "no sense of fun"?