[ SECRET POST #3180 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3180 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Re: tw Self Harm, fic research

[(Anonymous)]

You gave me a lot to think about, thank you! I'd like to have a mix of reasons. I don't understand how depersonalization works but self control problems and self hatred due to guilt makes sense for the character.

I'd like to avoid magical fixes because they usually don't work. I'm thinking about improving things for the character however, so there's some progress in the fic. I have doubts about writing character's friends finding out, hugs and all, because I self harm (my pattern doesn't fit the character tho), and I can't see how anyone knowing about it would help me. A help from friends or a love interest is the usual solution but it doesn't feel right for the character.

Anyway, thanks again!

Re: tw Self Harm, fic research

[dreemyweird]

I can't say anything about self-harm specifically, as that's not something I've ever had to deal with myself, but "help" from someone is a very broad concept. Your usual "love fixes it!!" situations for serious, hard psychological issues are bullshit because there is no internal work being done, nothing changes within the character. Psychological problems are, by their nature, inside problems (outside triggers of these problems are a different matter) and must be solved from inside.

Someone knowing about an issue may not help, but someone knowing AND helping you to work on the issue by providing support, suggesting coping techniques, or showing you the possible roots of the issue in question may make things significantly better.

Re: tw Self Harm, fic research

[(Anonymous)]

(ayrt)

Yeah, with the "loved one finds out and things get better!" trope... I have had friends and family find out (see my above mentioned apathy, that developed over time) and it has frankly not effected me. Peers rarely know what to do or say so they usually don't do or say anything (understandably). It can in some ways be relieving just for it not to be a secret, but it is not a fix and won't necessarily make someone have the willpower to stop.

I think showing a gradual or the start of an improvement (if its short) in the characters life/mental health is fine, but yeah, magical fixes are my pet peeve and so frustrating to me.