Interesting. I relate to your story very well, despite the fact that my details are very different. The height of my involvement in fandom was during the last year or two of my marriage, when I knew I badly needed to get out but didn't know how to do it.
I learned a lot about *myself* through my participation in fandom, and I often feel that all of it made me a much stronger person. And now that I've moved on with my life and am genuinely happy again...I've drifted away from fandom. In a way, it makes me a bit sad because the fandom part of my life was great. But I can't complain about how things are going now, so I guess I just don't need it anymore.
Although it's still fun to read the occasional fic, when I find a really good one. :D
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Date: 2006-06-21 04:21 am (UTC)I learned a lot about *myself* through my participation in fandom, and I often feel that all of it made me a much stronger person. And now that I've moved on with my life and am genuinely happy again...I've drifted away from fandom. In a way, it makes me a bit sad because the fandom part of my life was great. But I can't complain about how things are going now, so I guess I just don't need it anymore.
Although it's still fun to read the occasional fic, when I find a really good one. :D