principled-uncertainty:

Okay, because I’m curious. I started “selfshipping” (i.e. having emotionally “real” relationships, romantic and otherwise, with fictional characters) when I was 10 or so, but didn’t find the community until I was 22.

Definitely wish I’d found it sooner! I became so much more confident after realizing I wasn’t alone.

For how long did you selfship BEFORE you knew it was a “thing” that had a community?

I started selfshipping because of the community / after I found the community

I started selfshipping and found the community soon after as a result

less than a year

1-3 years

3-5 years

5-8 years

8+ years

8+ years and I started selfshipping as a child

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We’re in our 30s and started self shipping (not by that name) before we were 10.