Actually I think mainlining Story may be teaching me usefully after all, when it's consciously selected. For instance, Skip Beat!:
Am I as emotionally mixed up as Mogami Kyoko? NO I AM NOT, and I can laugh at her over-the-top responses while feeling comforted at how much I love the character even so, which means people can love ME even when I'm a mess. (I can also not act like Tsuruga Ren, who is in many ways self-aware but in many ways shooting himself in the foot.)
Am I as emotionally mixed up as Mogami Kyoko? NO I AM NOT, and I can laugh at her over-the-top responses while feeling comforted at how much I love the character even so, which means people can love ME even when I'm a mess. (I can also not act like Tsuruga Ren, who is in many ways self-aware but in many ways shooting himself in the foot.)