I Have This Problem With Literally Everything From Media I Enjoy To Things I Make - Tumblr Posts

I have some experience with trying to avoid spoilers for things for literally years, due to a dumb set of circumstances. And in my experience, the benefits of trying to avoid spoilers over long periods never outweigh the costs. If you're going to have to avoid spoilers for something for more than two weeks, I'd recommend just reading a plot synopsis on Wikipedia, or watching a cut scene compilation, or watching the most recent two episodes, depending on what kind of media it is. If you do this, you aren't engaging with the piece of media the wrong way, you'r engaging with it in a way that works for you. Things are much more enjoyable if you stop worrying about experiencing them "correctly".

This is a really good point...My problem is constantly fighting the "but I haven't earned it" line of thought, hgmshgh. Thank you though, its reassuring to see people with processes for this kind of thing because it makes me feel less weird about it haha