Why are tv and movies and music the only avenues for emotional fulfillment? Outside of that, I feel little.

[Ambivalent1]

Most interactions with people in day to day life inspire no emotion in me. Soul sucking

 

[sserafim]

Because people suck

 

[WhatPowerIs]

I feel like fictional characters draw more emotion out of me than real people.

 

[theboy]

don't you interact with other people?

 

[sserafim]

don't you interact with other people?

I think he doesn't like other/most people lol. I don't like them either tbh

 

[theboy]

I think he doesn't like other/most people lol. I don't like them either tbh

Well, there are all kinds of people, although I admit that sometimes I prefer to keep listening to others rather than chatting.

 

[Ambivalent1]

don't you interact with other people?

No

I think he doesn't like other/most people lol. I don't like them either tbh

Kindred spirits

 

[WhatPowerIs]

Well, there are all kinds of people, although I admit that sometimes I prefer to keep listening to others rather than chatting.

Some people are introverted and there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[theboy]

Some people are introverted and there's nothing wrong with that.

of corse!

 

[Hollowman]

I wish I could get emotional fulfilment through those things.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

You forgot video games

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I wish I could get emotional fulfilment through those things.

I wish the same thing too. It hurts so much that I get emotional fulfilment from nothing at all. No matter what I do, I always feel shitty by just being alive. I hope you find peace soon

 

[Sprite_Geist]

I cannot speak for everyone, but I think the reason why certain people use entertainment for emotional completion, is because it helps to fill some form of void that they have in their lives. The lyrics of a song might strongly resonate with your own feeling of pain after a rejection, a movie character could experience situations that you have in the real world - scene for scene - so they become very relatable, a group of friends in a sitcom might mirror your own ideal image of a friend circle. Fictional entertainment can allow a person to live out a fantasy of being somebody, or doing something, that they cannot realistically achieve in the real world.

 

[Agon321]

Because they are suppliers of dopamine for our brain. Dopamine, which all of us on this site are deficient in. Of course, greatly simplified :)

 

[untothedepths]

In my opinion it's visual opiates for the masses. Chlorine for the brain. You know, to placate people's attention away from all the murder, rape, wars, corruption ect.

 

[CasperDaGhost]

Escapism. I find that the only times I ever enjoy life is when I get lost in some good book or video game. Easy to forget how much you hate the world when you can be immersed in a better and more fulfilling one.