My therapist just told me my problem is that I need to write more fanfiction.
This sounds fake but the logic behind it is actually really interesting? She said obsession with a new fandom triggers quick dopamine release when we consume all this related content–it’s easy and addictive.
What we’re NOT getting is that ‘slow dopamine’ that’s more sustainable and engaging. That’s the kind we get from DOING things that take effort but are ultimately rewarding.
So like, she suggested that writing fic and making fanart are ways to balance the quick dopamine of watching a show/reading fic with the slow dopamine of working at something that takes effort.
Moral of the story is you should engage in the process of creation around your favorite things. You’ll feel better for it.
extremely funny to me that Kermit the Frog is the only main overlap character between Sesame Street and The Muppets. imagine your day job is hanging out in a community of lovely people that genuinely just want to help kids learn and care about everyone so so much and then your night job is the reason that you have to stay up to date on your rabies AND tetanus vaccine
Hey, do you guys remember that old 90s cartoon about the Scarecrow that was too friendly to scare anyone? It was a really fun series! Got kinda dark at some moments though…
Keep making, keep doing, keep talking to other human beings, both your pocket friends and the gal at the checkout, the post office, in line at the pharmacy. Do the car salutes and finger-waves when you pass.
We must not all become computer screens to each other.
One wing stroke, then another. One foot in front of the other.
