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Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

Has anyone else struggled to get back into not just RP, but connecting to fictional media entirely after unrelated RL trauma or intense periods of stress?

It's like I can't turn off the awareness that I'm sitting and watching or reading something made-up, and so I can't get myself to care enough about any story or character to want to RP from anything, and most attempts at writing characters I played before just fall flat. It's like I broke my escapism bone and it sucks.

Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

yes. after losing an immediate family member years ago i couldn't rp for like two years after the fact and couldn't really get into much fiction or anything really for the better part of a year after. it happens. it took me time to get back to a place where i was ready to have fun again.

just give yourself time and don't push it.

Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

yeah, i felt something close to this for the 9-ish years i was out of rp until recently. rp just didn't matter to me anymore and wasn't something i was about to waste my time on when there were way more important things happening, basically? ultimately in my case i don't think this was even a bad thing because of the specific reasons i felt like this, but if you want to come back to rp and get back the feelings you had for it before, i wonder if trying to get into other hobbies first would help? maybe others that aren't so full-on fictional, or something that feels more grounded in the real world? i'm just guessing, but it seems like that could help your brain open up to things that are just for fun again.

Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

so after a ton of rl stuff happened (multiple deaths in the family, illness, etc.) the only thing i did for basically four months was play stardew valley. i dropped every game i was in, stopped watching anything i was watching and literally did nothing but rl stuff and play stardew valley. i wasn't even into the storyline either but it was just something to do with my hands and take my mind off of everything. now that i'm going through more rl stress the only thing i want to do is play mindless grinding games.

this is just my experience but it did come back eventually for me. it just took time for me to decompress and not think about anything more difficult than what i immediately needed to do to stay alive.

Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

after some rl trauma my tastes shifted, and what I needed to satisfy me in fiction came from a different place. I gravitated toward canons and characters that addressed certain themes I felt needed to be acknowledged by the setting or the character in order for me to engage with them.

i also had to accept that some things are just going to be a miss for me forever. i can't do children's media or things aimed at a younger audience anymore, even the ones that people say tackle darker or heavier themes. there is a disconnect that i can't bridge anymore and i lose interest immediately.

Re: RP WOES

[(Anonymous)]

i can't do children's media or things aimed at a younger audience anymore, even the ones that people say tackle darker or heavier themes

me too anon. talked to my therapist about it, pretty common thing after significant trauma. so if you are, don't feel shame over it