"IT" by Stephen King is giving my teen some existential fear and I don't know how to help

[Anonymous]

Omg. That is a very upsetting book. Be there for your daughter.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

I guess you've never met a teenager

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

I guess you've never met a teenager

It seems like that PP might have met a small slice of humanity. People of all ages get attached and emotional over fictional characters all the time.

And they're missing the point that growing up and leaving childhood behind is very real and immediate to a teenager. A fictional book can have themes that connect to your real life, and it's pretty common to have an emotional reaction to that.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

I guess you've never met a teenager

It seems like that PP might have met a small slice of humanity. People of all ages get attached and emotional over fictional characters all the time.

And they're missing the point that growing up and leaving childhood behind is very real and immediate to a teenager. A fictional book can have themes that connect to your real life, and it's pretty common to have an emotional reaction to that.

+1, well said

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

I guess you've never met a teenager

It seems like that PP might have met a small slice of humanity. People of all ages get attached and emotional over fictional characters all the time.

And they're missing the point that growing up and leaving childhood behind is very real and immediate to a teenager. A fictional book can have themes that connect to your real life, and it's pretty common to have an emotional reaction to that.

+1, well said

PP here. I am on the autistic spectrum so I don’t understand fiction. I always hated having to read fictional books for school. Additionally, both of my parents and my grandfather were engineers so I was always surrounded by people who were logical and rational to a fault.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

I guess you've never met a teenager

It seems like that PP might have met a small slice of humanity. People of all ages get attached and emotional over fictional characters all the time.

And they're missing the point that growing up and leaving childhood behind is very real and immediate to a teenager. A fictional book can have themes that connect to your real life, and it's pretty common to have an emotional reaction to that.

+1, well said

PP here. I am on the autistic spectrum so I don’t understand fiction. I always hated having to read fictional books for school. Additionally, both of my parents and my grandfather were engineers so I was always surrounded by people who were logical and rational to a fault.

People have different reactions to art. Someone describing a different reaction than you'd have isn't evidence that they're a troll though, especially given that you're autistic. Part of that is that your brain works differently than other people's, so another person having a reaction that doesn't make sense to you is expected. It's not evidence that they're not being earnest.

[Anonymous]

I read Pet Semetery in college and never read King again.

[Anonymous]

I hate the recent trolls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Omg. That is a very upsetting book. Be there for your daughter.

Screw you

[Anonymous]

Yep!! That's the point of this book. It scared me decade ago and will continue to be the work of art it is FOREV!!

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Anonymous wrote:Omg. That is a very upsetting book. Be there for your daughter.

Screw you

Genuine question. Why would you say something like that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The orgy scene that defeated evil through group tren sex didn't cheer her up?

This troubled me too when I read it as a teen. I told my teens not to read it until they were adults. That there was some really disturbing themes that they won't get from the movie. I think the size dissuaded them.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

Pretty sure you didn't read the book...ever.

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Anonymous wrote:Jesus, the trolls are out in full force lately!

This book also gave me an existential crisis when I read it as a teen. What about this seems like a troll?

It seems trolly because nobody I know gets attached to fictional characters or gets that emotional over them. It’s weird to have a crisis over something that’s not real.

I guess you've never met a teenager

It seems like that PP might have met a small slice of humanity. People of all ages get attached and emotional over fictional characters all the time.

And they're missing the point that growing up and leaving childhood behind is very real and immediate to a teenager. A fictional book can have themes that connect to your real life, and it's pretty common to have an emotional reaction to that.

+1, well said

PP here. I am on the autistic spectrum so I don’t understand fiction. I always hated having to read fictional books for school. Additionally, both of my parents and my grandfather were engineers so I was always surrounded by people who were logical and rational to a fault.

Then get the heck out of a discussion of fiction. Also, I don't believe you.