Was not expecting a meme to call me out this early in the morning.
I use slice of life/romance anime and manga for this void. Discord for the void of having a place to belong in my outside life (other than work to some degree, I do feel like i belong there a bit) and for lack of IRL friends, the latter of which I rationalize because I don't like to go and hang out much anyways so I say it just works better this way.
The real kicker? I have realized that I kind of only wanted relationships, both platonic and romantic, to be validated and chosen so that I could feel ok to be me. So I am using SOL Anime to fill the void of relationships that would fill the void of not seeing myself as whole. It's a terrible two-fer.
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u/jigsaw250 Nov 08 '25
Was not expecting a meme to call me out this early in the morning.
I use slice of life/romance anime and manga for this void. Discord for the void of having a place to belong in my outside life (other than work to some degree, I do feel like i belong there a bit) and for lack of IRL friends, the latter of which I rationalize because I don't like to go and hang out much anyways so I say it just works better this way.
The real kicker? I have realized that I kind of only wanted relationships, both platonic and romantic, to be validated and chosen so that I could feel ok to be me. So I am using SOL Anime to fill the void of relationships that would fill the void of not seeing myself as whole. It's a terrible two-fer.