Really glad I came across this post. Good to know you're not the only one experiencing this "delusional" form of depression. As I am going to sound redundant in referring to the reoccuring theme of watching "Avatar: The last Airbender," I also experienced this form of "emptiness," or simply put, a void inside myself after watching the series. Also like most people on here, I experience this feeling when watching certain films, series or games that attest to a fantasy lifestyle, where dreams come true through intricate development of characters and "heroism." This happened just recently to me, and I'm glad I was able to find this forum to take comfort in, as now I don't feel as alone, and I've been alone for a lot of my life, but just knowing has made me feel a little bit more at peace with myself. But I digress, this feeling has made me think about my own life, my own goals and aspirations, what life really means and what am I going to do with mine. Specifically after watching TLAB, the emotion, feeling or whatever it may be, has been nearly traumatic, as I can not seem to go back to the way I felt or thought about life prior to TLAB. With the other movies or series that made me feel this way, I was able to revert back to my routine life, but with TLAB, it really changed me. I know its silly to think that a simple children's television show has brought this animosity to my moral codes, causing ambiguity and dilemma amongst myself. At first I hated it, I almost had wished that I was never brought to the attention of this show, but now .. I am trying to embrace it. Everything from the wisdom of Uncle Izoh, to the ambition of Zuko and himself facing his own turmoil with his destiny, and to Aang venturing off with his friends to save to world using natural elements that the earth provides from nature, I just, I just wanted to be apart of that experience. I noticed a lot of other people feeling this way, which now I find solace in, and after reading everything, from the opinions of some who say "we need to get over ourselves and live your lives," it makes me realize that this feeling should be converted into a positive influence for ourselves. Its difficult to do, as I have not figured it out just yet, but I'm certain that its possible. I have dwelled upon the notions of being supernatural for many years of my life, as I enjoy fantasy very much, in a world that can be saved by a true hero or heroine or a group of. But TLAB, being an exceptionally well done show, just made me feel like it was possible, that it was possible to turn our human selves into something amazing, with determination and discipline. I have aspirations now of traveling abroad to Eastern Asia to study amongst monks at monasteries, and understand what they feel enlightenment is. But aside from my own personal goals, I am an average North American young adult, I attend university and have a near carefree lifestyle, as long as I hold a steady job to pay for school, and do some chores around the house. I do have friends, and I am a very delightful person to be around as people who know me can attest to, I love my family, but just seeing these ideas of a world through the creators of Avatar:TLAB, it brings my attention to how I am able to do so much more with my life to help people who need it, and yet I choose not to. I know growing up in North America most people want to attain the "American Dream" through hardwork and self sacrifice, but since I've attending Arts classes at University, it has opened my eyes to the world and its cruelty. So when I watch a show like TLAB, where there is always a way to "save" this world and achieve "balance," it just appears that I get this feeling that everyone talks about. It may just be that I admire Asian religion and culture, (as I have grown up christian and knew nothing else) but I do like to believe that its just something inside myself wanting to change the world. It is not my place to decide whether the world needs changing or not, or whats the best way to make it better, but when I see suffering and chaos, I truly believe there needs to be rebalancing in this world, just like how Japanese society strives for this ideal. I am now working on improving myself as a person, to appreciate the finer things in life and appreciate more that I have, my family, my friends, everything that was given to me. Going through this mild "depression" made me so sad, that I just wanted to change myself, just do something that will change myself, just get up and go to somewhere, start fresh and try to make a difference. But as I write this, as I read this forum from various people feeling this way, I know its not the answer. TO leave my family behind, everything I've known, is not what I really want. What I want is to use everything I've learned, and build on it, to achieve self fufillment, and hopefully become truly happy. A lot of this reasoning also comes from these portrayals of fantasy worlds that need to be saved, comes from finding a perfect person to accompany you in your life journey, a ying to your yang so to speak. I have never known of someone who would make me feel this way, or accept me for who I am, but I hope one day along this constantly diverse journey I travel, that I can achieve my goals of making this world better for everyone, not just for myself, and finding someone like me who will join me.This feeling is not depression as someone has stated earlier, just a feeling of yourself understanding you want to be in a better world. What you do with this feeling is up to you, you rather dwell on it and always wish for it, or you do whatever you can to change it. Just like Avatar: The Last Airbender, they had natural powers to assist them in their journey. What we have as humans is intelligence and knowledge, which is the most powerful natural element of them all. I wish I had airbending, but at least I an try to understand wisdom, just like Uncle Izoh.I thank anyone who took the time to read my thoughts in text, I did start rambling and not really think about what I was writing, rather just how I felt as I kept writing, but I hope this helps at least someone get through this "feeling" that we have been going through.Again, I thank all of you who posted about this, as I know feel a little more peace in my heart and mind, would appreciate any replies.TL;DR This feeling is what you make of it, the idea of living in a perfect world, and how to get there.