It's Ruling My Life

Hi Corantien, I know exactly how you feel. The worst part of fan fiction addiction - yes, it is a real thing and VERY dangerous - is that our very imagination is our drug. We literally need nothing except our brains to get the rush we need - and the price we pay for that is that we CANNOT STOP it. Ever. But though I was much worse off than you before (TRUST ME on this - whatever you've done, I've done a tenfold worse), I kicked the addiction. I am no longer addicted, after a dozen years of severe addiction and 1.5 years of struggling to quit. Please feel free to share your stories and/or share advice with others regarding fan fiction addiction here:

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Please help us - and help yourself!

I have this problem to yet I tell my friends that I would rather be reading fanfiction than hanging out with them and they understand and haven't hugged me thy are tying to get me out and are taking me phone so be honest and your friends will help. I myself have been addicted for about 5 years now and am doing my best to stop. But I know that going cd turkey is hard so I am slowing down my pace and picking one fix a day and read 1 chapter. It's very enjoyable to look forward to hats going to happen so I recommend doing that. Also try to switch to books that are obscure and don't have fics about them.

It really seems like ur talking abt me. Even I have these withdrawal symptoms when I trying staying away from fanfics. Heck even i'm searching for new ways to get rid of this addiction. I always wanted to look good and try new skincare routines but got so sucked up into fanfics that i even ignored basic hygiene standards. But this is stopping from now onwards. You may not be interested in skincare and makeup like i am but u could definitely do what i will do now that i've decided stop reading fanfics for good. But i'd say do anything but don't stay at home or alone where u'll be more prone to succumbing back to fanfics. Just keep urself busy with other for a while until u learn to live without fanfics.

It was for me like that I lost a lot of friends my grades got low and my social life were almost non existent I read all the time and when my friends talked to me about books I wanted to tell the about the last fanfiction I read and the I remembered they won't understand and every time I went out with my friends I thought why did I say yes? I could've gone home and read fanfiction but I started forcing myself to go out and sometimes I was kinda miserable and started thinking about fanfiction but after awhile it became more of a hobby it took some and misery and I still check my mail all the time for alerts and still read a lot I don't spend that much time and I enjoy being with ectual people now :)

Follow the 12 step method its working for me (not joking...*sigh*). I have been reading fanfiction for 12 years and Im 22.... My name is Dra- Mary-Sue and I am a fanfic addict.

I find that the more I get out and exercise, the less I succumb to the need to read fanfiction. Though, it might be a tad different because you seem to be addicted to greater extent than I. Try to find something that you enjoy and get out there and partake in that activity instead.