Yeah, I don't think (for me, life without fandom) it would be a question of not having the words or the concepts to deal with myself, I think it would be more subtle and profound than that. It would be the lack of friendships AND the lack of conversations about something other than my kids AND the absence of the examples of other ways of living AND the encouragement to read and create transformative works. It would be real sense of isolation which would I think end up twisting my head in strange (and, let's face it, unhealthy) ways and manifestation. Like, I don't cut anymore. I don't even have the urge. And I can't draw a direct line between, say, a fic about cutting and me deciding not to cut, but I still think there's a connection between the two.
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Yeah, I don't think (for me, life without fandom) it would be a question of not having the words or the concepts to deal with myself, I think it would be more subtle and profound than that. It would be the lack of friendships AND the lack of conversations about something other than my kids AND the absence of the examples of other ways of living AND the encouragement to read and create transformative works. It would be real sense of isolation which would I think end up twisting my head in strange (and, let's face it, unhealthy) ways and manifestation. Like, I don't cut anymore. I don't even have the urge. And I can't draw a direct line between, say, a fic about cutting and me deciding not to cut, but I still think there's a connection between the two.