No empathy for real persons only fictional persons

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Someone on another mental health forum I frequent said something along the lines of that "there is no such thing as an imaginary friend who does not represent some part of you". I believe this and I am trying to figure out what aspects of my personality cause me to develop emotional bonds with certain types of fictional characters.

I generally don't "feel" in many cases too. I remember one lady who I knew through another person's anime club(it was her aunt or something) was telling me that her husband died or something and she was crying and hugged me and I didn't know what to feel. I tried to be encouraging though.

I feel emotionally involved with certain characters in books and movies simply because I see them as extensions of myself, so in effect my emotions are self centred. I feel nothing for other people because they obviously aren't extensions of myself, their problems mean absolutely nothing to me.

I think this very well describes me too. I've done the same thing and my favorite fictional characters are my best friends.

I feel sympathy for Scott, while others on the show, as well as just other viewers in general, view him as a sociopath.

Nothing's wrong with me, I just feel really drawn to his character. He's just an interesting one to theorize about.

This is me too. I think it's because you get to know the inner workings of a fictional character more than you do with a real character. I find it very comforting to find a character I identify with, because it shows I'm not alone; not just because the character exists, but because the person who created them (a real person) must also have similar experiences to me.