It's a dog life for ya?

this was actually really good in some instances though because i started having insomnia and intrusive thoughts very young and when little me was like “mom i don’t like the thoughts in my head but i can’t make them go away and i can’t sleep” she replied with “oh honey. active thought suppression never works. in fact, wegner et al. (1987) tested this when they told a bunch of people to talk about whatever they wanted, and they told half of them to try not to think about a white bear. people thought more about the white bear when they were trying not to think about it! but when they told the people to think about a red car whenever thoughts of the white bear came to mind, the people had a much easier time not thinking about the white bear. so you see, you can’t force the thoughts out of your mind. you just have to let them pass through, and pick something else that you want to focus on”

This is an open secret at this point, everybody who works in the entertainment industry can tell you the execs literally, outright say they do not want original properties anymore. With a new property you have to spend the time and money getting people invested. If you make the 34785th remake and staple some nostalgia on it for good measure, you'll make bank because there's already a dedicated group of people to market to. People will watch it if it's good, because it's a revival of something they care about. People will REALLY watch it if it's bad, because hatewatching is almost even more profitable in this day and age. It's all about getting the biggest return for the smallest financial investment, and nostalgia is MUCH more profitable than original projects. It's all corporate bullshit in the end.

Me when I remember something I said ages ago that was wrong or my values no longer align with

OP, hope you don’t mind--this got me thinking abt handling my own internal Sad Little Guy