Anyone had to take a break from reading something because it reminded them too much of their childhood?
I remember being terrified every time I had to complete a task for my parents involving strangers (usually shopkeepers) because I would practice what I was going to say but there would always be something that went off-script. They wouldn’t have the thing but would send me to some other person who might, or the price would be wrong or there would be a buy one get one free deal and I would have to explain why I had bought two home.
Anyway on a recommendation I started reading a story about a girl who was an unsanctioned archmage and had to hide the fact, I was not expecting the protagonist to have mild ASD and unlock a bunch of childhood memories every other chapter.
Story is Archmage Coefficient if you are curious, although I’m only at ch. 7 so I can’t promise anything about later chapters.
I’ve had to take breaks from reading things that were too relatable in order to process them, but I can’t remember anything like that particular to ASD and childhood at the moment. Then again, I can’t say I’ve read many stories with an ASD protagonist at all. Maybe I should fix that, so thanks for the reading recommendation.
Anyway, my brain was so used to contingency planning I don’t think this particular situation ever happened to me. I would have immediately flagged it and asked, "What should I do if they don’t have trout?, then asked a bunch of followup questions for acceptable other items, alternative places to check, etc. until I either had an acceptably thorough decision tree or annoyed the other person into giving up or understanding that they might not get what they want if reality doesn’t comply.