[ SECRET POST #6006 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6006 ⌋

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


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[Youtube channel "Hello Future Me"]



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[Monark]



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09. [SPOILERS for Across the Spiderverse]




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10. [WARNING for transphobia/standard JKR stuff]






















































Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 00 secrets from Secret Submission Post #858.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

Re: Based on 8

[(Anonymous)]

considering I basically assimilated a character’s full personality to survive high school bullying, I KNOW I still got some of his quirks

Re: Based on 8

[(Anonymous)]

That doesn't seem terribly healthy but I guess whatever gets you through a tough time! I'm so curious what character and how it helped.

Re: Based on 8

[(Anonymous)]

as an adult I know it was less than healthy but it helped in a lot of ways and stopped me from the downward spiral one particular incident caused.

probably going to get laughed at but the character in question was Knuckles the Echidna. I drew strength from knowing he was able to handle being alone and isolated and was strong in ways I wasn’t. I was able to keep a stiff upper lip around my bullies because I saw him standing up to people that sought to cause problems for him and what he protected. Even now I’m able to handle being alone because of this and don’t mind having few friends I don’t see too often.

Re: Based on 8

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

That is actually really sweet. I'm glad you had something like that to help you out!

Re: Based on 8

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, Knuckles is a really good choice for that! And even if it's not healthy to like... 'become' a character at the expense of being your own self 24/7, I think it IS healthy to have characters who are strong in the face of problems like the ones you face, and to say 'hey, if X could survive this, I can survive this'. And if you sometimes have to play pretend a while to get through the hard times, that's not at all a bad thing.

Coping mechanisms only become unhealthy when we cling to them past the point that they help us.

Re: Based on 8

[(Anonymous)]

I did, too. More in middle school for me, but I still used that character's traits to hide my personality in high school and be perceive as stronger and "more normal".
Now that I'm an adult and I'm in therapy I discovered that my sense of ego is extremely fragile due to bullying and neglectful family and that's why I change my personality a lot. ☆The more you know☆