ILive4Sleep

Just noticed my fanfic from three years ago hit 100k reads!! Thank you so much guys!!

ILive4Sleep

I submitted my Hamilton story to the 2022 Wattys!! I did it last year too. I had to write a 750-word summary for the entire book and boy was that challenging!!

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And thank you guys for almost 60k reads on it!!! I love y'all so much and I appreciate every single one of you and your feedback!! Your comments are hilarious!!
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TW: discussion about dissociation. I watched all 3 seasons of The Umbrella Academy within like 4 days. Now that it's over I just feel sad, empty, and lost. I get way too attached and obsessed with certain tv shows and books that without new content feels like an addiction withdrawal. The way none of my favorite shows are ever real makes me frustrated, angry, upset, incomplete, and heartbroken. I really, really hope they make a season 4 because the creator said there is a want for it but they are trying to get a green light. Plus they left off with a few unanswered questions and a cliffhanger. So now my plan is to indulge in various fan content until I get sick of it or the feelings just lessen. As much as I love being obsessed with a show, what would honestly be best for me is for the obsession to die down before school starts again so I'm not distracted while dissociating and not be able to listen to the teacher. Yet, without a hyperfixation, I feel equally as lost, mindlessly scrolling unrelated content instead of having a focus. Before I started watching The Umbrella Academy, I was obsessed with Criminal Minds. I am still am extremely, but ever since they took it off Netflix without me finishing the series, it felt as if I.... lost a part of me. Alas, I will just have to watch the rest of it on some other channel and prepare for the new season 16 reboot. But the feeling when I discovered it had been taken off of Netflix when I was in the middle of an episode was just strange. If anyone experiences anything similar to this I'd be happy to talk with you about it more. I feel as if I can't relate to some of my friends who are experiencing real-life boy issues because I'm too focused on fictional characters and universes. I used to say fictional characters can't hurt me but the truth is they can. Completely unknowingly.

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They all just feel like MY family, MY friends, that sometimes I even believe to be true. The shows with real people in a realistic universe give me false hope. The shows with real people but an unrealistic universe make me do a double take and shake off the delusions. The shows with animated characters leave me broken and shocked and struggling to come to terms. When I sleep, sometimes I see them. Sometimes it's nothing like the show and sometimes it feels like I'm there. When I wake up, I try to grasp onto as much as I remember as possible. Sometimes I remember nothing but the warm feelings it gave me. I could watch, I could read, I could draw, I could write all day, but nothing could ever make it real. Sometimes, I read too much fan content that I actually get it confused with what actually happened in the show, or other fan content. It's ridiculous, I know. When someone mentions something similar to something in a show, it's what I immediately think of even if it's unrelated, or if I hear a song that was played in a show or even if the lyrics just relate to it. It's like I want to have these beautiful obsessions but hate them, despise them for making me feel this way at the same time. It's so, so unhealthy, but I wouldn't know where I'd be without getting the happiness I get from it. I wouldn't have known what subjects I'm interested in without it being displayed fictionally, or what my type of partner would be, or be introduced to new songs and talented actors. It's all so much yet so little to take in at once. There are only a few shows that I didn't develop obsessions over and it amazes me how some people can do that with every show. *sigh* okay I think I've said everything that's needed to be said. Thanks for reading if you did. Much appreciated <3
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And sitting here uncomfortably on my bed while I watch a bright computer screen in the middle of the night for hours seems less than ideal, but it's what works for me. I can't help but get frustrated if I don't have complete silence while trying to watch something, or rewatching the same 5 seconds of something over and over and over again. Or if there are no subtitles I can't understand anything anyone is saying. The worst part is I fall in love with some of these characters, which is usually the reason I develop a hyper fixation in the first place. After I move on from a fictional love interest I almost feel as if I failed them somehow. And you know, sometimes I don't even need characters and plot to have a hyperfixation. Sometimes I will listen to the same album or song for months on end. On repeat, repeat, repeat. And when I tell people they've all been surprised at how long it's lasted. I just feel as if my mind wants something, anything, to escape this uneventful reality I live in. Sometimes I cry that nothing's real. Even with the 1 in a million chance I get to meet the actor of my favorite character, they won't be anything like who they portray. And you know, sometimes I actually do fall for the real-life person, but it's an impossible goal anyway. I have yet to meet someone who is willing to talk about one of my favorite shows or books as much as I'd like to. Earlier this summer I went to one of the filming locations of one of my favorite movies and it just felt surreal. I could hear them, I could see them (not schizophrenic-like, but in my imagination). And we only took a look for about 30 seconds and then left, and I won't have that opportunity again for a long, long time if at all. It feels so hard expressing these feelings to people who don't go through the same thing. Who can control where their mind wanders off to instead of falling into a script in the middle of a test. I just hope one of you are able to relate.
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ILive4Sleep

I JUST STARTED WATCHING THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY AND OH MY GOD IT'S SO GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!

charliehasbitches

@ILive4Sleep I rly like the first season!! Not really a fan of the rest, but omg the first season>>>>
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With the United States Supreme Court overturning the case Roe v Wade, I'd like all of my AFABs to know I'm here to support you in these scary times and if you ever need advice or resources I'm here to help. We should have the freedom to do what we choose with our own bodies no questions asked.

ILive4Sleep

@1-LOVE-Mitsuri No no watch them try to ban coat hangers now *rolls eyes*
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1-LOVE-Mitsuri

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            FORGET I EVEN SAID THAT—
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