but when you get to the point where you can't see how ridiculous you're being or how ridiculous fandom is acting, it's time for you to take a step back. Unfortunately, many fans don't realize this until they've been behaving like idiots for awhile. I'll admit that I was one of these people. :(

I'll raise my hand, too. I've been in the process of slowly backing out of fandom (well, Stargate fandom, anyhow) for a while - or at least to the point where I don't let it affect my emotional well-being or day-to-day real life. And it's a real eye-opener, too, when you see fans who are *really* in deep into it, any fandom, and you have to go, "Whoa, it's ONLY A TELEVISON SHOW, DAMMIT!" and say (in a really tiny inner voice, "omg, am *I* acting that way?").

I won't say it's a problem, really, but since I've met so many great people (Moonshayde amongst them) in SG fandom in particular, it makes it harder to back-off from the PMS inducing wilder topics attached to fandom. And then fandom itself becomes the sex/religion/politics/alcohol subject you're not supposed to talk about for fear of falling back into old obnoxious habits. Yeah. It IS like being an alcoholic. *sighs*