Why am I obsessed with my character?

Discussion in 'Character Development' started by KaceyFarley, Nov 10, 2016.

  1. KaceyFarley

    KaceyFarley New Member

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    I'm scared of ghosts and past lives. So I just convince myself it's a fictional character nothing more.
     
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    No it is a fictional character and nothing more , you have just convinced yourself whether consciously or subconsciously that its a ghost or a past life or similar stuff , it's not , it's a creation of your imagination and if you are having trouble distinguishing between real and not real you need urgent medical help - per the resources I and others posted above
     
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    I suddenly feel very irritable after saying that.
     
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    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    After saying what?
     
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    Denying him.

    I had the dream where I was him being killed again last night.
     
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    I give up - Lyrical and Carly are right, you are just attention seeking now
     
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    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    Yeah, I agree with the others. This is attention-seeking at this point.
     
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    I'm surprised this thread has been entertained as long as it has.
     
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    BayView Huh. Interesting. Contributor

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    I've been trying to be all "let's be supportive of each other and give the benefit of the doubt" in response to the Trump nonsense, but... there's a limit.
     
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    That's fair. I appreciate the sheer number of people who came here and genuinely tried to help.
     
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    Talking about it helps. Why do I not feel the same for any other character. Why is it just this one? I also have issues with my gender identity because of him. I now see myself as male rather than female most of the time.
     
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    As someone who is fighting depression myself i'm happy to try and help someone who needs it - but as you say there are limits, and If Kacey is genuine she's been given enough resources to address her problem - its now turned into repetition of the same questions with increasing melodrama and leaves me unsure if this hasn't been a troll the whole time
     
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    The clinic isn't open on weekends. I specified this. They aren't open for appointments till Tuesday and even then I feel my GP will turn me down.
     
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    "How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?"
    "One. But the light bulb really has to want to be changed."
     
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    I think the latter is much more likely too :)
     
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    If you want to actually do something about your issue before tuesday rather than repeatedly dramatising about it on a writers forum the options are there.

    However I'm getting a strong feeling that you are enjoying the attention this is bringing you , and are now posting increasingly melodramatically with a diminishing degree of truth. For example you say that you are suffering gender confusion and continually think of yourself as a male , you've also said several times you feel you are 100 years old

    However when you signed up you were lucid enough to describe yourself as a 21 year old female (per your profile) , indicating that in fact you know these constructs are fictional products of your own imagination and are not in fact as confused as you make out on your quest for our attention.
     
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