[democrips]

fake conversations in your head of you venting to someone

[blandyblaugh]

working through trauma by yelling at no one while driving alone

[tragicmushroom]

validating yourself by imagining situations where bad things happen to people and you save them

[winds-and-stardust]

reinforcing trust in your loved ones by imagining situations where bad things happen to you and they save you

[heckedy-peg]

Explaining things to your therapist in an imaginary session

[rootfauna]

Projecting all your trauma onto an imaginary character and imagining others comforting them

[strangerinsidethetardis]

Wanting fictional characters to have all the emotional support and physical affection you’ve always wanted

[k-i-n-gkai]

Telling yourself jokes then laughing at them, pretending its your friends laughing at them.