When you stake your mental health on stories and characters that are not your own, you are surrendering your personal power. You are placing all your reliance on something you have zero control over.
These characters are more then just drawings to me, and I know they are to others. But you also cannot lay your own mental health on them. It’s not fair to yourself or the character. It’s a lesson I’ve learned and I feel like it’s advice worth giving. You are real, the character is not.