Identifying yourself with socially awkward/depressed characters and the effect it has on you. - Forums

All of us identify ourselves with certain character at some point. Do you often identify yourself with that one character that is social awkward, left out of things or just lonely? I bet some do, in fact a lot of us do. Even i did that a lot. But do you realise that you become to feel and to interact with others even worse? I talk by experience on this, as a person who has/had depression, social anxiety and so on. I would say that when we watch certain shows and identify with that type of character you "start to get worse" in a way. At this point i got out of that and got my self some friends, im still more to the introverted side and intend to remain that way but i dont identify with that sort of thing anymore. But all of this doesnt matter to you ofcourse ahha, so I want to hear your opinion on this and your experiences so far. Start!!

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