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caption@P@ 1 114 Phoebe Hooke looks at what happens when you get sucked into the fangirl PHOTOGRAPHY GETTY IMAGES TUMBLR INSTAGRAM FANG I RLIN G RUININGYOUR LIFE?Is pp y g g vortex and asks if you’re taking your celebrity crush too far… DOLLY REPORT do0814-LIFE-FangirlP114 - 114 2014-06-24T15:37:34+10:00

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caption@P@ 1 DOLLY LIFE DOLLY.COM.AU DOLLYMAG 115C helly, 15, loves The Hunger Games hottie Josh Hutcherson and Jeremy Shada from Adventure Time. Not likes, LOVES. Yep, so much so that she checks their Twitter accounts constantly, often sending messages hoping they’ll reply. She watches their shows, movies and interviews on replay just to feel closer. She’s even created Facebook pages in their honour. Her latest mission is to find (or even make) a life-size cut-out of Jeremy. Chelly is a self-proclaimed fangirl. But with the high generated by feeling close to her beloved celebs, there’s a depressing low that comes from realising that she will, most likely, never be a part of their lives. “The feeling I get is the same feeling you get when you realise the person you love doesn’t love you back – but worse. It’s like your life is over when you think about how amazing they are and you can’t have them,” she tells DOLLY.Millions of girls around the world identify with this. It’s that unstoppable urge to squeal when you see The Biebs post on Insta. Or when you forget to breathe because One Direction announced they’re touring Oz again. You rush home and play their songs over and over to celebrate. Your iPhone screen is smudged from kissing your Harry Styles wallpaper and you're running out of money because you spent it all on 5 Seconds Of Summer merch. Suddenly you’ve put your plans, family, friends and schoolwork on hold to let your obsession take over. Your parents are now threatening to stage an intervention and your besties are fed up. This is what happens – and what to do – when fangirling goes extreme. WHAT IS FANGIRLING? When you think of the term ‘fangirling’, you imagine crying at 1D concerts and marriage proposals over Twitter. But for some, the extreme version goes so much deeper.Psychologist Jocelyn Brewer says being a dedicated fan of someone or something can often replace feelings of isolation. It brings us closer to a group of people who love and admire the same thing (or 1D