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Leaving the furry fandom...
8 months ago
This wasn't carefully planned. I just needed to get out all my thoughts all at once.
I've been thinking about this for a long time. I've been a furry since late 2015. I've been burned by 3 people in this fandom on 3 separate occassions. And each of those 3 made me want to kill myself. Not only that, many other people drag me down in other ways. Being obnoxious and horny, and stuff like that. This fandom really is how people claim it to be. Any reasonable person would realize this is unsustainable. I don't know why I stayed. Maybe it's because I like the pics. Maybe because it's a niche I like, and I thought I could keep searching to find really good friends in the long-term. From this vantage point, this seems like a lost cause. It's drained my energy to do other, more productive things. I really do believe it's making me stagnant in real life. On top of that, the fires near my house in January only made me realize how fleeting this all truly is. I only stayed because of habit and sunken cost. I like the people I've met, but I think my calling for friendships is elsewhere.
As for this and my DA? I'm gonna keep it up and still post for a bit. As much as I'd love to leave tomorrow, this is an old habit, and old habits die hard. Plus, I do have a lot of people who still watch me. I've invested so much of my time and energy into this, that without it, I'd feel like I'm nothing. So I'm going to give myself time to become something.
I'm gonna keep posting my regular furry stuff for a bit, but I'm either going to leave this account entirely or switch to non-furry content. I could do MLP stuff, or even stuff like anime/manga style. Hell, I could just do regular old animal stuff full-time. Maybe dragon and/or dinosaur stuff? There's a myriad of different directions to choose. No matter what happens, by late 2025, I will have been a furry for an entire decade, so leaving sometime this year would be a nice bookend. I'm planning for 2025 to be the last year that I'm a furry. To those watching me, I thank you for the support.
I've been thinking about this for a long time. I've been a furry since late 2015. I've been burned by 3 people in this fandom on 3 separate occassions. And each of those 3 made me want to kill myself. Not only that, many other people drag me down in other ways. Being obnoxious and horny, and stuff like that. This fandom really is how people claim it to be. Any reasonable person would realize this is unsustainable. I don't know why I stayed. Maybe it's because I like the pics. Maybe because it's a niche I like, and I thought I could keep searching to find really good friends in the long-term. From this vantage point, this seems like a lost cause. It's drained my energy to do other, more productive things. I really do believe it's making me stagnant in real life. On top of that, the fires near my house in January only made me realize how fleeting this all truly is. I only stayed because of habit and sunken cost. I like the people I've met, but I think my calling for friendships is elsewhere.
As for this and my DA? I'm gonna keep it up and still post for a bit. As much as I'd love to leave tomorrow, this is an old habit, and old habits die hard. Plus, I do have a lot of people who still watch me. I've invested so much of my time and energy into this, that without it, I'd feel like I'm nothing. So I'm going to give myself time to become something.
I'm gonna keep posting my regular furry stuff for a bit, but I'm either going to leave this account entirely or switch to non-furry content. I could do MLP stuff, or even stuff like anime/manga style. Hell, I could just do regular old animal stuff full-time. Maybe dragon and/or dinosaur stuff? There's a myriad of different directions to choose. No matter what happens, by late 2025, I will have been a furry for an entire decade, so leaving sometime this year would be a nice bookend. I'm planning for 2025 to be the last year that I'm a furry. To those watching me, I thank you for the support.
Somethingwhatever56
~somethingwhatever56
godspeed my friend, i wish you the best of luck wherever life takes you
DarthT15
~dartht15
Sorry to hear that, good luck on whatever you end up doing.
Kyburz
~kyburz
Whatever you end up doing, I hope everything ends up working out well for you!
Manorialmeerkat
~penguinman21
Best of luck to you, man.
Mahaon
~sweetwhiskas
It's very sad that your hobby brings so much negativity into your life. It's not right. I also encountered people here who broke me for several years, but that's in the past. I hope you get better too.
