Why is it that when my friends asked me about what I've been up to during summer holiday, I'm more comfortable on disclosing that I went thru some bad shit during the first month of my holiday, rather than answering the truth that I write fics most of the time ajshsks

Well I kind of know why: admitting that I went to therapy is easier to 'accept' since the friends that I made (both in uni and from hs) are open about mental health discussions. Meanwhile, admitting that I write fics can elicit 'disgusted' reactions from them, especially when

They know that I write about manga characters, even though I don't even write questionable contents in my fics. It's probably because of the common perception in my country that manga/anime lovers are marked as hentai lovers. Some of my friends does think that manga is disgusting

Because of that perception. But god, it feels awful to hide this from my friends, when I hide just to save myself from their (likely to happen) disgusted expression. I love writing, and I want to share my love about it with them too (the same way they share their love for their

Own activities, too). But I can't handle the potential of them scrutinizing me for writing fics, especially since I've already made the mistake in the past of admitting that I write fics and getting a disgusted expression about it from a dear friend.

Ok that is all for today ajshsksh this thread was spurred on because a friend of mine asked what I've been doing recently, and I was hit by this looming dilemma of mine because of the question