I feel more emotion toward anime and manga compared to anything else, including real life. Is this normal?

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I don t really know if this is normal or not but compared to anime, I don t feel much in real life. It s mostly anger when I experience an intense emotion, and barely anything when I feel normal. It s like my mind has gone numb from something. Whenever I watch an anime that s funny I laugh. Whenever I talk to my friends or anything like that and they say something  funny , I try my best to laugh, because I just can t do it. I can t feel anything the same way as I feel from anime and manga. I don t know if it s a side effect of mentally abusive parents and my lack of friends when I was young due to complicated family matters, but I just can t feel much when it comes to real life. I found manga and anime when I was about 7 years old and got hooked on it since then. I ve felt so much from then on. I experienced sadness, happiness, acceptance, and all these feelings that I never knew from a cartoon, something that isn t real. I can t remember the last time I really got sad. Is there something wrong with me? I m so confused and don t know what to do. I m 14 year old male.

? · Accepted Answer

Lots of people get attached to things that are not real, like cartoons and fairy tale characters. Mostly because they wish they lived in this reality where everything was just as they wanted it, perfect in their mind. People also get attached to things easily because they don't feel safe around actual people, and would rather bare their soul to the silence and pretend that their favorite character is listening. I feel this a lot, I'm attached greatly to Donatello from TMNT. My guess is you had a childhood trauma (abused in some way) and are attaching to the characters because you seek figures you can look up to instead of having them hurt you.

But even if this is not the reason you are attached, it's still perfectly reasonable for you to get attached to anime characters.

But even if this is not the reason you are attached, it's still perfectly reasonable for you to get attached to anime characters.

Toru Soma · Answer

I wouldn't say "normal," but it is typical. You may want to cut back on the anime and spend some more time with people. Even if they frustrate you. I'm not saying don't watch anime, I LOVE some anime, but you are going to have to deal with people in life often. It's just a thing that's going to happen. I would also sunset getting some friends who DON'T like anime, the differing opinions will help with conflict resolutions, and they might get you interested in some other fun hobbies! Good luck kohai! ＼(^o^)／

I feel more emotion toward anime and manga compared to anything else, including real life. Is this normal?

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