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What are your guy’s opinions on parasocial relationship?
For people confused: “ Parasocial relationships are one-sided relationships, where one person extends emotional energy, interest and time, and the other party, the persona, is completely unaware of the other’s existence. Parasocial relationships are most common with celebrities, organizations (such as sports teams) or television stars.” (I would also add youtubers and idols to the lists of personas)
At what point do you think a parasocial relationship become unhealthy? How do you feel about personas who have their dms open to their fans? Have you ever had an unhealthy parasocial relationship? What was your wake up call that your obsession was unhealthy?
Things become unhealthy when it goes out of hand or if it has a negative impact to one's life. I had this obsession or something like that with kpop groups before particularly bts and just watching their vids online and listening to all of their musics gave me some sort of pleasant feeling where I temporarily forgot all the stress and anxiety befor...... reply
