No.2605
When I watch movies, dramas, animes or anything like that, when it ends, i feel very empty and kind of jealous.
This usually happens when I'm watching something about mental problems, love or things that are usually bad for self. I feel very empty and sad when I watch those things because I can relate very hard, or that I want to relate but I can't, and thats when I feel jealous.
When the main character for an example has very bad grades, bad parents, a completely trash life, it completely affects me too. I just feel like the main character at that point. I start to question my life and my purposes more than ever. I don't hate it, I actually find it weird that I like it when this happens.
I told some friends about this, and they said they couldn't even relate to me in any ways and called me a weirdo.
When it's about love, i feel way too jealous because I know that I can't find love in any ways, I didn't even actually love someone before in the first place. It makes me want to love someone, but that never happened-it never happens. And I have very heavy trust issues, thats one more problem there.
They just make me stare to the wall of my room for hours. Sometimes I even consider killing myself because they make my life seem very poor.
Or I just think things like ''Oh man what if that was my life! I would totally kill myself if I was in that situation, and that would be very awesome.''
This. To a character that has a veery soykafty life and surroundings. And I like imagining it very much.
I guess I'm just too jealous in general, and hate my life, the list goes on.
I'm starting to repeat myself so I'm stopping here and asking this, has anyone felt like me here?
No.2607
When I see injustice in a movie and a good person is found guilty of things they didn't do, I feel a horrible gnawing feeling in my stomach. This is not a metaphor, my stomach will almost hurt a little.
No.2608
When we watch a movie, most of the time, we experience it through the protagonist's eyes. It's an emotional ride, which is what makes movies fun, interesting and worthwhile. Maybe you'd benefit from a change in your life that would let you experience those emotions firsthand.
I am sorry your friends said such things and called you a weirdo.
No.2609
I feel some kind of emptiness after some content that i like too, but that's kinda different from you. It's like some part of me is now gone and i will never be able to have the same awesome first-time experience with it, but no jealousy whatsoever. And these situations when i just stare at the wall… i actually quite enjoy them. It's like an opportunity to rethink something about myself, but now with the author's experience.
No.2628
Sometimes i feel like this when listening to music like I want to be able to relate to the themes but I can't because lots of them i never experienced, because of a relatively empty life, but I wanted to say that I can understand and relate to what you explained here.
No.2673
>>2628I guess art can serve either purpose; share something we identify with and relate to or convey something we have no experience with as a means of sharing that experience. The second of these is probably harder to do effectively. That's why so many pop songs fit into the first category, and are boring cliched drivel… the things being expressed are real but so universal, there's no shortage of people listening who have felt that way. But music like that is often a little too safe to be interesting.
No.2682
I feel the same way about most stories, I'm jealous no matter if it has a happy ending or tragic themes.
No.2688
>>2605I can relate to you, OP.
I think we feel empty after we finish something since we don't know what to do after that, and also knowing that we might never be able to feel the same emotions we felt through the process. It really hurts.
Another thing is feeling jealous of the soykaf that happens in the character's life. For me, it's not only of the good things but also from the bad things. I feel that getting through those bad things gives you a feeling of self-growth, that's much more better and fulfilling than carrying a monotonous life.
>I just feel like the main character at that point. This may mean you have empathy. As
>>2608 said, the idea of a movie is making you feel as the protagonist. But relating to a deeper level is not intended.
> I start to question my life and my purposes more than ever. I don't hate it, I actually find it weird that I like it when this happens. You also have self-awareness. This one will always fuck with you, but will help you out if you are willing to do what's needed.
