With all the shape shifting and transformation that comes with cosplay how do you stay in sync with who you are inside? Does being an artist affect how you see yourself? Personally, cosplay has kinda made me feel faceless.. like a blank canvas.. and I've lost a grip on who I am outside of cosplay.. does this mean cosplay is my identity? anyone else feel the same?
>>9615752
Sounds like you have a real problem because wearing a costume should not be doing anything to your identity.
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>>9615752
ur art is cute don't waste it blogposting on cgl
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>>9615752
That's why you should wear j-fash outside of cosplay.
>>9615789
Holy crap you're cute, please don't waste your time on this shit hole, you're destined for better things
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>>9615827
Start with something easy and casual like himekaji or stuff rom Axes Femme.
>>9615752
>I can't compartmentalise different experiences
Autism I'm afraid
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>>9615839
lol
>>9615839
>wtf what do you mean people compliment me more when I'm all dressed up versus when I look like a hag at the corner store???
>>9615839
I can empathize with this. Even when I'm all dressed up in my suit and looking my best, no one really talks to me when I'm doing common errands. But when I wear my costume at a con, everyone tells me how great I look.
As for your original question, your job and your hobbies are not who you are, but they are part of who you are. Part of post con depression is that you get to spend a weekend around people who you can talk to about your weird hobbies and not be weird. I got into computer programming as a career so luckily the people I'm around all day are also into geek pop culture. They all play video games and most of them watch anime. But I have worked jobs where everyone talked about "normal" stuff like sports and cars all day. When I worked that job, cosplaying at cons is where I got to be myself. At work is where I had to keep that kind of stuff bottled up.
Now if you're the kind of cosplayer that tries to roleplay that character and you get really into getting into character so much that you lose track of who you actually are, see a psychiatrist.
>>9615856
Well it's rather uncommon to approach a normal well-dressed person to compliment them, while it is common courtesy to do this on conventions. It's a community thing after all and cosplays usually equal some kind of work compared to an everyday look.
>>9615802
agreed, anon! we can help you!
i wear lolita and this is what i feel like. i started wearing it to feel more confident, it made me feel like a queen! now i wear it every day and i feel a sort of confidence that comes with who i was, but when i dont wear it, i feel like who i was at all, confident or not. ("was" referring to pre-jfash) i end up feeling like a vessel. not someone to be taken seriously or even noticed.
to all the people telling OP to see a doctor, while there is a point where professional help is needed, just the fact alone that youre relying on a material thing may be unhealthy but not so much to warrant an illness or anything of the like. many people either dress the way they do on /cgl/ because they had an interest and wanted to be confident or wore it out of interest and felt confident and continued.