i have this problem, its one of my biggest issues asides from my anxiety and depression, but i don’t know how to explain it. it’s something i’ve been suffering with for awhile, some sort of obsession with tv shows / anime / movies / books / games. etc.
i get this pit feeling in my chest whenever i see media of something i’m interested in, a sensation that kind of hurts, makes me feel miserable. i don’t know if part of it is a sense of envy or longing, i’ve never been able to decipher what is it. no matter what i search or how long i look online, i can never seem to find anyone with the same issue. by a previous counsellor, i’ve been told that i had the possibility of autism, which is where some of the ‘obsession’ things can shine through, but it still doesn’t align properly. i can’t even watch the shows i like anymore, it gives me a feeling of emptiness and makes me feel like more of an outsider than i already am.
of course i’m not saying i am autistic, especially when i dont have a proper diagnosis. i only brought it up because i’m trying to put all the information together, if that makes sense.
i even had to delete instagram because i kept getting content of an anime i used to watch before i got ‘ill,’ and it would put that pressuring feeling on my chest. i would feel bad for some unknown reason, and i just don’t understand why i can’t interact with stuff like a normal person. i can’t even listen to anime intro’s and such because it results into a similar feeling. it doesn’t even have to be something i’ve watched either or know about, just seeing a screencap of an anime with draw out that feeling.
it’s a frustrating feeling not knowing whats wrong with me, and i came here in hopes somebody had answers on what i can do to try and stop this.
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Maybe I read this wrong, but when I was more of an isolated person I would get this kind of feeling whenever I saw people online or in real life talk about something I liked or was very interested in, a strange feeling of envy. This feeling has since passed when I started just talking to these people and being in the conversations about these things. I obviously don’t know your situation or if this feeling is the same but the way I stopped that feeling for me was just socializing more instead of being a shell in like I was.