Sunday, December 10, 2017

Fandoms and Mental Health

So I am not sure if I mentioned it yet on blog but some months ago I was rushed by ambulance to the ER for a closed traumatic spine injury. Given no sign of trauma outside and my settling down after muscle relaxers/painkillers I was released pretty fast (i.e. cost cutting/triage not treatment). The next day I discovered it was a serious injury after scans were taken by the chiropractor. It was beyond what they could repair but also an injury that had previously "healed". So a few weeks on steroids, relaxers and painkillers I had to adjust my lifestyle now to fit my circumstances. No sitting and driving for more than a few minutes. In fact in the beginning I couldn't even use the bathroom. It got me well acquainted again with my television and I even treated myself to upgrading to an Xbox one since there was no end in sight to my bed rest.

At some point I fell into the idea of finally watching Anime and later reading manga. This is probably do to the fact that its a hobby my husband shares and he had been complaining that I don't interact with him and his hobbies. Much like how World of Warcraft went however I am now more interested in it than he is?!!?

Having a pension for shojou and romance like most girls however our tastes are not very overlapping. In fact I even investigated yaoi which when I was a teenager scared the crap out of me. As I recall I saw a copy of something random at a bookstore and practically dropped it in shock. I couldn't understand why girls wanted to see two men (lets be honest most are drawn as boys still). Of course, now that I am closer to understanding my being and able to reflect logically on it I can easily say that it's the dynamic roles and beautiful bodies that are a obvious draw.

There is quite a bit about my sexuality that it has made me think over though there are somethings that I would have trouble still putting into words. I would not want to become the poster child for example of some right-winger who is excited to finally find a person who was forced (i.e. groomed) to be gay. Having not had that experience I may not have then identified myself as bisexual but deep down I know I would still have had the potential to be one. In some ways that's why I support people who prefer to use no labels or make-up even broader ones so that people are not boxed in.