Nerd Out! The Happiness of Being a Fan

书呆子出来! 成为粉丝的幸福

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

2022-09-12

32 分钟
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Really love a TV show; a boyband; a sci fi movie; or a celebrity? We're often too embarrassed to admit adoring some things for fear that we'll be seen as frivolous or childish - but we may be missing out on the happiness benefits that geeking out can bring.    Dr Laurie Santos explores the joy of fandom with Benedict Cumberbatch obsessive Tabitha Carvan, YA author Jennifer Lynn Barnes and Star Trek actor (and geek-vangelist) Wil Wheaton.  For Further Reading: Tabitha Carvan - This Is Not A Book About Benedict Cumberbatch  Wil Wheaton - Still Just a Geek See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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  • Pushkin.

  • I blush when I think about this because it's like, oh, it's like remembering.

  • I love it first sight.

  • This is author Tabitha Karvan.

  • She's telling me how she fell for the man of her dreams.

  • I was getting a takeaway coffee in a cafe.

  • which was a novel experience to me because I had been breastfeeding and pregnant for so long.

  • I just felt like I hadn't drunk coffee in a thousand years.

  • Before motherhood, Tabitha enjoyed an active career and lots of interest in hobbies.

  • But after motherhood, Tabitha's two kids became the focus of her entire world.

  • She had no time for herself or her own emotional needs.

  • I wasn't depressed.

  • I wasn't unwell.

  • I was just preoccupied.

  • I just, I realized I just didn't know who I was anymore.

  • I couldn't hold on to any of the pieces that used to be there.

  • They were completely gone.

  • It was in this moment of personal crisis that he finally appeared.

  • I was waiting for my coffee and the newspaper was open on a table and I saw an ad.

  • The ad, innocuous enough,