[ SECRET POST #3516 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3516 ⌋

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

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The entire rest of this post is either spoilers or have content warnings.





02. [SPOILERS for Over the Hills and Far Away]



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03. [SPOILERS for Pokemon Sun and Moon]



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04. [SPOILERS for Inside]



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05. [SPOILERS for The Girl With All The Gifts]



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06. [SPOILERS for Steven Universe]
[WARNING for suicide]



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07. [WARNING for non-con]



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08. [WARNING for incest]




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09. [WARNING for suicide]












Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #502.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This comment is probably way TMI, but I want to share my two cents about this... :)

I have a disease that deteriorates my eyesight gradually, until one day I'll most likely end up blind. It means I'll have to learn new skills to go through my day to day life and also fill that life with stuff I'll enjoy when reading will no longer be an option. I live in a country where I'll most likely get all sorts of support and a personal assistant and the quality of life won't drop horrendously even if I go blind.

And yet it's terrifying.

One of the things that help me get through the days is the thought that if I end up finding being blind unbearable, I always have the option to kill myself. It's not about being a burden or being noble, it might even be the coward's way out, but its something I'll be able to choose. It's not about thinking about suicide because I should, it's somehow empowering.

If I don't get a choice on whether or not I get blind, I get to choose whether or not I remain existing. Not that I actually contemplate suicide, but the fact that the possibility is there... It helps.

I haven't watched all those movies (just Million Dollar Baby), so can't really comment on the secret 'cause I don't know how heavily the whole 'disabled people should kill themselves' trope came through in them. But I guess I don't have a problem with suicide as long as it's a person's choice. And a disabled person can make choices too.

[sarillia]

I'm coming at this from the other side. I can't run or jump and my legs are going to keep deteriorating until I can't walk anymore eventually. If I consider suicide, it will only be because I feel like a burden on other people. It wouldn't really be a personal choice for me free of any kind of coercion.

My problem is how to address both people like you and people like me. It's tricky to acknowledge the personal choice while keeping outside pressures from influencing the decision.

The TMI anon from above

[(Anonymous)]

I think the main point is choice here. If I felt coerced to choose either way, it wouldn't really be a choice.

And even I'm not talking about real choices. I'm talking about the possibility of a choice that is at the moment enough to keep me more or less sane. Faced with that choice I might choose quite differently than what I'm currently imagining I might. It's just nice to have that option, just in case.

It would be nice if there were some variations in movies and in discussion. People always seem to be passionate about one point of view and it's really hard to discuss the matter of disabilities and suicide without it turning into a slapfest.