Is it normal to not finish watching/reading/playing due to feelings?

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I had a very hard time finishing watching "Silver Linings Playbook", reading "Let the Right One In" and playing "Mass Effect 2" because the characters were too sympathetic, I didn't want anything bad to happen to them or it reminded me of bad life experiences.

Is this normal? I find many things hard to complete because of (IMO) very effective characterization or emotional resonance.

It specifically hits me with characters such as Eli (Let the Right One In) and Tali (Mass Effect) because they are extremely disadvantaged but highly sympathetic female characters. I have a thing for those types of quirky, introverted characters with a mysterious side, and they're the only fictional characters I ever really got emotional for.

Silver Linings Playbook was another story entirely. It was hard to watch because I've either made huge mistakes with my anger/depression or known people close to me with those symptoms. It was also hard to see those characters break down and the constant gaze of judgmental onlookers. I still haven't finished watching it, even months later.

Is anyone out there in the same boat?

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  • squirrelgirl
    8 years ago

    I felt that way about Attack on Titan. I broke out in a cold sweat every episode, and when I got halfway through it, I couldn't take it anymore because I was too scared that one of my favorite characters was going to die.

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  • ez-riding
    8 years ago

    I had to mentally psych myself up for MONTHS to finish the last missions of both Borderlands 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition. I was just terrified that a character i loved was going to die or that i wasn't mentally and emotionally prepared for what was going to happen in terms of the storyline. I feel you bro.

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  • chained_rage
    8 years ago

    Every time I played Super Mario Bros and the mushroom chick told me that my princess was in another castle, I felt something die inside of me

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