Fandom Snowflake Challenge: Day 2

[dragonyphoenix]

Day 2: In your own space, share a book/song/movie/tv show/fanwork/etc that changed your life.

I never saw Buffy when it was first on tv but I did catch episodes - 2 per week of Buffy and 1 of Angel, all seasons non-related as far as I know - in repeats. But not for long. Just as I was getting into it, the station stopped showing Buffy reruns.

And then my mother died. My friend Susan lent me her DVDs a season at a time. Since I had two weeks between loans, I watched it all, episodes, commentary, anything that was on those DVDs. Then I found fanfic. Within 6 months of my mother's death, I was writing fanfic. Writing not only helped put a distance between me and my grief, but it allowed me to start playing with who I wanted to be. Between anemia, dysfunction at work, grief, and depression it was as if I'd fallen into a pit. Writing got me out of that pit.

Comments

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you had Buffy to help you cope.
Grief and depression are so difficult to deal with.

[dragonyphoenix.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I eventually left that career and found a therapist. Both of those helped quite a bit too.