Following Celebrities
Positive connections
Entertainment, admiration, curiosity
Only if personally recognizable
Emotional connections during this preference
Loneliness, fantasy relationships, status craving, inadequacy
Go Deeper
Do famous people's lives entertain you, or become a substitute for relationships and goals of your own?
Possible buried beliefs
“Their attention would make me important.”
Hard Places
Loneliness only if personally recognized.
More questions
If you could not turn to this activity, what feeling or responsibility might come into view?
Does the experience help you understand something painful, or repeatedly strengthen resentment?
Does not knowing or not being in control remain uncomfortable after the activity ends?
Does comparing yourself with someone involved in this preference change your sense of worth?