/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>It sucked. I would not recommend it unless you're going for a test of endurance

that's what i'm getting at in the above posts. you have to realize about this lifestyle that, if it's authentic and not something you're pretending while at the same time going out to a bar with friends when you feel like it, will fill you with self-loathing, fear of other people, paranoia, etc. it will probably drive out a lot of the opinions and beliefs you once felt were important, and steadily erode any values you had. eventually, you won't feel much of anything besides a muted discontent, along with the aforementioned paranoia and fear of interaction.

i'm not passing judgment. i'm just saying that you should recognize that living this way feels like a disease, even if you have a very strong personality. it does NOT feel like some walden pond experience that you own. it feels like you're going crazy, and more than likely you actually are.

on the other hand, you can do all the silly, romanticized things that drive you to want to isolate yourself and still retain human contact and a job. lots of people do. you don't need to brutalize yourself to achieve peace and quiet, or watch a lot of anime.