I don’t understand how you can be so chill about all of this. I feel sick, constantly worrying about what’s coming next.
I’m chill about this, because it doesn’t matter.
Here’s the thing, if you’re that affected by this, that’s not good at all, and you need to start taking better care of your mental health.
Believe me, nobody, no matter how much you love them, is worth wrecking yourself over.
What you need to do, and you’re probably not gonna like this, but you need to unplug and detox.
Basically, put yourself in fandom rehab, because yeah, as stupid as it might sound, fandoms can be really fucking addicting. Only instead of substances, you’re addicted to the constant flow of information.
So you need to remove the access to said information, delete all the apps, all of them. Don’t say "I can keep them, I’ll just not check them as often." because that never works.
Once all the apps are gone, and your access is gone with it, you’re gonna suddenly have a whole heap of extra time in your day, and that’s where the distractions come in.
If you’re anything like me, I cannot for the life of me turn my brain off when reading, no matter how good or interesting the story is, it still gives me too much time to think, and then I’d think about anxiety inducing things - which is what we don’t want. So for me, personally, tv works better.
Then it’s about finding something good to watch, I like nice, uncomplicated, shows. Because even though I want to be completely distracted, I don’t want to have to work out complicated storylines etc.
Shows like The Great British Bake Off, Queer Eye, Face Off and Masterchef Australia are great for that.
If you can get properly distracted reading, do that. Read all the books you bought with the intention to read but never did, read all the fics in your marked for later list on ao3, just completely submerge yourself in fiction.
It’s gonna feel worst the first few days, where the need for information and the fear of missing out is at its strongest. But eventually, you’ll find that the itch to go check tumblr for bad news or whatever, it won’t really be there.
You’ll also find, that no matter what is going on on the internet, in fandom, it has absolutely no effect on your day to day life. Being offline, things will still be going on, drama will still happen, but it won’t have a single say in your actual life, because it doesn’t matter.
Everything happening right now? Temporary.
Last time I took a fandom break, it was around these times last year. I fell into a deep depression hole and didn’t really need any added negativity, so I logged off. Stayed logged off for months.
Do you know what I had missed when I came back? Absolutely fuck all.
So, again, that’s how I can be chill about this, because it doesn’t matter, and I know it doesn’t.
Close the tumblr app and it’s gone.
Wise words.
Self care is essential!
This!!!!
