>Finish a book>"Protag is literally me!"Why am I like this? I completed Toilers of the Sea and thought to myself that I'm just like Gilliat, but in reality I've never owned a boat, I've never experienced true hardship, and I've never been so cucked that I literally killed myself.Why do I do this?
>>25222139I do it because I never had a father figure so I adopt the personality of literally anyone I'm exposed to and as a result my personality and self image is totally schizophrenic like a shattered bus stop mirror. Also I'm 35 year old technically neet and a total embarrassment. Is it my fault? 100%. Is it the fault of every adult and teacher meant to guide and protect me and impart some kind of foundation? 100%. Both true.
>>25222139Freud's analysis was that we go through a stage, pre-speech, where we recognize the image in the mirror. At first, we recognize ourselves as a slightly better version of ourseleves, with better motor functions or something along those lines. We never forget doing that, and eventually we carry that over into the media we consume.
>>25222148OP here, I was mainly shitposting but you're literally me wtf?! I'm 32, unemployed and never had a mentor growing up. I've got some introspection to do.
>>25222139By spending enough time with the main character, you empathize with them. This is very normal. It's actually abnormal for this NOT to happen and is the mark of being a retard that does not understand art. You know who often don't empathize with main characters? The same retards that say "OMG something le morally bad or le sexist happened in this book, therefore the book itself is evil and bad!" Don't worry OP even the fact you're questioning yourself means you're not one of the dullards
>>25222159>>25222274This is actually an interesting thought; why do some people retain this impulse while others don't? I have read about people who have no inner monologue and basically no concept of the self, but I've never met anyone in real life that exhibits this externally.
>>25222159Pretty sure it was Lacan who came up with the mirror stage
Harry Potter is literally me.Expecto Patronus.XD
>>25222148How does that work in group dynamics? Do you mirror the more dominant person of the group or do you keep up several fragmented selves between each present party?
I am literally Wiliam Stoner (have never set foot in a university before)
