S10E13 - Parasocial Relationships

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Ever heard of parasocial relationships? Regardless of your answer, the odds that you're in one are quite high.

Parasocial relationships are those one-sided relationships where one person extends emotional energy, interest, and time, and the other party, the persona, is completely unaware of the other's existence.

This is very common with celebrities, sports teams, influencers, and many famous media personalities.

While PSRs can be a natural part of human development, these relationships can easily become self-destructive for many reasons.

When deciding on this episode, we were lucky that one of our friends, @aanjola, also focused on this concept in her master's thesis, and having her join this conversation was definitely more enlightening for us!

We posit that PSRs are okay but require more attention as we get older, as the negative impacts can loom even more.

Even for us creators, we also have a responsibility to foster healthy PSR connections with all of you!

It's a great episode not to miss! We learned a lot.
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