Is it possible to enjoy fiction after becoming blackpilled? All it does now is remind me how much duller reality is in comparison, which makes it difficult to become immersed in the story.

Ever since I became severely depressed and as I grow older I am unable to properly enjoy and engage in media anymore, maybe it's a rite of passage that happens with everyone who knows

>>81653269
It is a rite of passage, its why so much adults search desperately for something to fill the hole

That's when you start reading books.
>A novel will be of a loftier and nobler nature, the more of inner and the less of outer life it portrays.
-Schopenhauer
Other media tend to do the opposite

>>81653245 (OP)
>All it does now is remind me how much duller reality is in comparison, which makes it difficult to become immersed in the story.
Somewhat the same for me. I still manage to enjoy the fiction in part, but I find myself subtly yearning for what the fiction has to offer. Maybe that's why I'd like to write a story, or do some world-building for a world someone could get immersed in, or maybe it's just because fiction is pretty much the only company I ever had while growing up.

Yea I don't get how some people can live vicariously through the main characters in shit like romcoms. To me, it just feels like I'm being taunted by a better world that I'll never get to experience.

>>81653245 (OP)
I still enjoy fiction even if it makes me depressed/longing, but I lost my ability to listen to music. I can't listen to anything anymore without getting frustrated

It's all I can enjoy. But maybe it's because I like to imagine a better world. Not necessarily a perfect one, but one where those fantastical ideals people attribute to humanity are actually real.