"I was pretty relieved to find this topic, seeing as I've been very worried since I discovered the one anime on earth that I seem to like. I think my feelings towards this particular anime (and I mean feelings in the platonic sense) are pretty unhealthy, because I seem to be thinking about a specific character an awful lot and associating everyday things in my life with this character and it's doing my head in. Does anyone know if this kind of thing passes or if I should seek help with it? I had similar feelings towards other characters from other films/books/whatever years ago in my early teens but they all passed in time and didn't really affect me much. I'm just about to turn 21, so I don't think I can blame this on the hormones associated with growing up.
Like I said, I'm not actually much of an anime fan, I just came across one that I happened to like for some reason. I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer any advice on this at all."
I can COMPLETELY relate. I started getting crushes on anime characters when I was in my early teens too. Most people who "fangirled" online or whatever got over this by 15. I am currently 16 and I am starting to notice that this is far from going away but getting worse. Plus, I wasn't a normal "fangirl" I crushed on characters and thought about them all day as well. It influenced what I did in my life. I was worried so I did research and found out this is known as Schediaphilia. It also stated that this disorder can cause the person to isolate and avoid real relationships or just not desire them b/c of their obession. I have crushed on about 5 real people but haven't liked anyone real since 9th grade. This worries me as I hope that my anime interest won't completely impair my ability to have relationships with real people. I know this is personal but I saw your comment and was wondering whether this has happened w/ you? (An increasing disinterest in realtionships w/ real people and/or inability to desire and crush on real people?)
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Like I said, I'm not actually much of an anime fan, I just came across one that I happened to like for some reason. I'd be very grateful if anyone could offer any advice on this at all."
I can COMPLETELY relate. I started getting crushes on anime characters when I was in my early teens too. Most people who "fangirled" online or whatever got over this by 15. I am currently 16 and I am starting to notice that this is far from going away but getting worse. Plus, I wasn't a normal "fangirl" I crushed on characters and thought about them all day as well. It influenced what I did in my life. I was worried so I did research and found out this is known as Schediaphilia. It also stated that this disorder can cause the person to isolate and avoid real relationships or just not desire them b/c of their obession. I have crushed on about 5 real people but haven't liked anyone real since 9th grade. This worries me as I hope that my anime interest won't completely impair my ability to have relationships with real people. I know this is personal but I saw your comment and was wondering whether this has happened w/ you? (An increasing disinterest in realtionships w/ real people and/or inability to desire and crush on real people?)