[blind archer]

I know how absurd this sounds but I always involuntarily feel anxious for things I like. If I like a movie I worry If enough people watched it or it made the money it deserves. If I like a book I worry for its and it's author's popularity. I worry if the shows I like will get enough seasons and if enough people have interest in science etc. This thing extends to everything else and I don't feel better even when those expectations are met.

It's like every moment of happiness is followed by greater amount of distress and no matter how much I try I can't stop it or find a reason behind it

[Scribbles22]

I always judge the media i consume, as if its not good enough. I know that's different than what your anxiety dictates. I get upset when a perfectly good show goes in a direction I don't like, or a band I like makes music that I don't think is good enough. I shoot things down and criticize, when I wish I could just take things as they are. You sound you want the things you embrace to have more positive outcomes, whereas I want to shoot things down and disassociate from them when things don't work as they should.

[ethanbridges]

We don't have to seek some sort of "approval" from others.

I'm not like everybody else. What's interesting to me might be troublesome for you. What I like, you might not even have heard about before.

What's the deal? Reading some reviews may help you decide whether say, you're going to watch a specific movie. But I've watched some 3-star movies that really resonated with me.

[blind archer]

Originally Posted by ethanbridges

We don't have to seek some sort of "approval" from others.

I'm not like everybody else. What's interesting to me might be troublesome for you. What I like, you might not even have heard about before.

What's the deal? Reading some reviews may help you decide whether say, you're going to watch a specific movie. But I've watched some 3-star movies that really resonated with me.

I don't look for people's approval before doing something. I start craving it for it afterwards if I like that thing.

I know people are different and like different things and can't see a reason why this happens. Yet this "habit" doesn't go away.

[ManOfConstantSorrow]

You realise of course that there is nothing you can do to affect the outcomes of the things you worry about?

Things just have to take care of themselves; it usually works out OK, but if it does not it is not your fault.