Between interests! Hellllppp
My whole life since I was about 9, l've always had at least one super strong interest (usually in a video game) at any given time. They usually last for a year or two each (but they kinda lie dormant until reawakened sometimes) so I have no idea if that makes it a special interest or a hyperfixation or a secret third thing??
Anyway right now I'm in that nasstyyy phase where l've exhausted all content of my current one and the spark is just. Gone. I have no idea what to do with my time or my thoughts. It's genuinely really depressing, especially since the main reason I get into things is for comfort characters. Now I'm not currently imprinting on a character like a baby duck I don't know what to DO! I don't really see my friends anymore irl because I'm in a gap year and the whole forgetting-to-text guilt cycle thing you probably get it yadda yadda so I’m actually able to feel how lonely I am now I don’t have a character to essentially imagine being friends with. It’s heavy man!! Does anyone have any advice for what to do in this weird in between phase or any media recommendations? For reference some of the previous characters I’ve been into are Marie from Splatoon, Ema from the Apollo Justice Trilogy era of Ace Attorney, and Rika from Pokémon SV. I like characters that are sort of a cool older sister type!
Posted Apr 6, 2026, 1:17 PM UTC