I’ve done this obsessively since I was a kid (like I’ve never gone through a breakup without also reading four books about breakups) and recently realized it’s a highly referential way to experience reality lol
-
-
Show this thread
-
now that I’m writing about my life it’s worse because I find myself narrating everything as I live it and get weirdly worried I’m being too performative / doing things for fodder (though ofc everything is material and I know that’s fine)
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
To be fair, the entire corpus of fiction did not at all prepare me for an apocalyptic shutdown of society where the internet still worked and I wasn’t under daily physical threat from zombies or themed gangs.
-
although future generations will have that covered after this. i have a feeling the literary world is about to roll out a whole lotta reimagined apocalyptic scenarios
End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
- End of conversation
New conversation -
-
-
wait this is kinda crazy!! what if you've never had a genuinely authentic experience in your life without having subconscious ideas about it beforehand
do you feel it more?! Is it better to know before?! i need answersThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
I used to read a lot to find books to tell me what I was already trying to tell myself just tell yourself directly
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
Also true if you’re a pop culture obsessive...I analogize my life to TV shows and movies in therapy so much that my therapist has teased me about it
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
-
-
It's definitely good to see a few steps ahead with fictional representation in mind. There's something called
#multiversepic.twitter.com/TwQK3SdpLgThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.