Random question!

Why do people tend to grow attached to fictional characters? Is it an emotional thing? A coping mechanism type of thing? 

I know this is random but I’ve always wondered why and decided to take this chance to ask. 🖤

because real life can be very stale boring & unexciting, at least with a fictional character, you can live out something else besides waking up at 5 am to go to a job you hate & deal with assholes you can't stand looking at, to come home after a long grueling government taxed 30% day & eat a lame bland tasting casserole.  Have a quick shower, and watch some boring shit on Netflix, FOR 30+ years straight.  & then hope you have a glimmer of happiness a few years before you die or get put into a shitty nursing home & watch them deplete your lifetime of savings to keep you alive for a few years max. 

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For instance, when you read a book and the protagonist aligns with your views, it’s not that hard to superimpose yourself in their place. You can become sympathetic to both their growth as a character and the inevitable struggles they might go through.

Becoming attached or invested in a person (and rooting for their success), in either a biographical or fictional tale, is simply being human.

In the situation where people cling to the things that are not deemed age appropriate, it’s generally due to emotional attachment (times when things were either simpler, or happier) and they derive comfort from them. It’s not always due to them being emotionally or developmentally stunted, but a mild coping mechanism.

When it becomes an emotional crutch however, then it becomes problematic. 

Obsession though, is something else entirely. 

Based on cognitive functions, that is a sign of a combination between Ni and Fe. They humanize things.

People with this combination often fall in love with fictional characters and idolize them. Essentially, they romanticize everything.

They hoard stuff because they feel bad throwing old things away (in their minds, these things have emotions). They will always struggle with guilt, distinguishing their feelings from others', and maintaining boundaries. They constantly fear two things: conflicted and pain. Anyone who triggers these two feelings will be eliminated.

The opposite of that is Ni and Te, where people with this combination see people as objects or characters. These individuals never seem to have personal needs. They can adapt and work with anything. Essentially, they utilize everything.

They will always struggle with processing emotions, socializing, and understanding people. They are constantly fear one thing: that they are never enough. Anyone who make them feel that way will be abandoned. 

Both have savior complex but for 2 opposite reasons. One will do it because they care so much. The other will do it because they don't care.

People believe in "God", a fictional character 😏

I'm a real person Fermion 

I'm not sure why, however, I'd imagine it has something to do with a need for 'escape from life'.  I watch an ASMR channel, called True Crime ASMR, and she recently posted a video about a cartoon obsessed killer.

YouTube video 03UCPMXoJdc

I tried to watch it but whispers are too much garbled noise and I can not stand them. 

I looked it up and supposedly ASMR is supposed to be calming or relaxing somehow. Kind of like those commercials for those apps called Calm and it is just a bunch of noise that would drive anyone nuts. Or at least me. 

It drives my sister nuts too.  Like nails scraping a chalkboard.  But I find it very comforting, soothing, and it makes me sleepy -- which I need at night.  The story she covered though was pretty crazy.

I think thats the part of our childhood that we keep . when you have a favourite fictional character you grow along side them.

I don't think i've ever had a fav fictional character. I guess i've had fav stories but not characters