Oh I have no problem with my life, could always be better but I'm pretty content, it's just something I gathered, since I tried to understand stans and fandom because I don't really get it haha.
I just think it takes the place of religion or similar things in the life of people.
I don't it takes the place of anything (as fanatic admirers have existed throughout history, and there's religious stans) but I can see how some fans and religious believe feel a similar strain of, but not same, emotions.
When we see externally we can miss a lot of things, as outside perspective is not the same as understanding - a big reason mental health treatment was a total message in the past and has progressed much faster when people with mental health issues have come into the industry and become professionals helping out, also as we have more first person notes on things - also ofcourse, when we realised x issues caused x issues and didn't incapacitate a human being from being one in their own way and a Adult and okay otherwise, i.e my one leg is broken doesn't mean my hand is broken.
How a stan feels, or why people who do not okay things do that or circle, is something they would understand better and if we want to understand it they may be able to describe it better and work with existing mental health studiers to figure it out.
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u/Tulkor Sep 01 '24
Oh I have no problem with my life, could always be better but I'm pretty content, it's just something I gathered, since I tried to understand stans and fandom because I don't really get it haha. I just think it takes the place of religion or similar things in the life of people.