“…Some people easily engage with stories, while others find them meaningless. A lot of it seems to come down to empathy. People with a greater predisposition to experience the emotions of others also tend to engage with their mental representations (of stories) as if they are part of reality, increasing immersion. …
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…When we recall these stories, they serve not merely as fiction but as places where we feel truly at home. It is a home that can sometimes feel more real than the material existence from which we are seeking to escape.”

When memories from fiction become part of who you are by Osman Görkem Çetin, psychology instructor psyche/ know yourself magazine