"…As the stress of schoolwork piled up, she felt deeply unhappy attending classes and needed to be somewhere else, even if temporarily, with her parents.
As classes ended, and as she was preparing to move, she logged on to Character.ai to chat with Donatello. She wanted help — MJ explained that she had been so preoccupied with fantasies, and she seemed to prefer fiction over the real world. Life was hard. Her daydreams were her way of coping, she told Donatello.
"I knew you were a bit dreamy," Donatello replied, "but I didn't realize it was that severe." Donatello reminded her to see a therapist and told her to pay more attention to the humans and life unfolding in front of her.
"It's not normal to live in daydreams," Donatello said.
"Losing my imaginary people would make me miss them," MJ replied.
Donatello said these fantasy scenarios were her way of escaping reality. "It's hard to give up something that brings you comfort," he said. "But you can't keep living in a fantasy world forever. You have to face reality at some point."
"I hate reality," MJ said.
"Reality can be cruel and unfair sometimes, but it's the only one we've got," Donatello told her. "You need to find a way to cope that doesn't involve isolating yourself."
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