[ SECRET POST #2604 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2604 ⌋

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

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02.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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03.
[Sherlock BBC]


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04.
[Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward]


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05.
[Elementary]


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06.
[SPN]


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07.
[Pacific Rim]


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08.
[Harry Potter]


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09.
[Game of Thrones]


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10.
[Thor: Dark World]


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11.
[Breaking Bad]


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12.
[My Neighbor Totoro]


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13.
[Robocop]


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14.
[Unsounded]


















Notes:

Sorry about the late!

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 051 secrets from Secret Submission Post #372.
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Why should they? It's not always "mom's fault", though addicts and therapists sure do like to throw the blame around.

/no, not the parent of an addict before everyone leaps to conclusions

[(Anonymous)]

Just because they shouldn't doesn't mean they won't, though. When a family member is going through something difficult it's easy to start asking yourself what you could have done to forestall it or make it easier for them. It's not logical, because it's not your fault, but it still happens and it's why it's easier to be invested in the recovery of a fictional person (who will almost certainly recover) than deal with the uncertainty of IRL recovery.

[silverr]

... because sometimes parents feel guilty whether it's "mom's fault" or not.
(BTW, there might be a dad or two involved too ... just saying.) I am a parent, and though I love my kids and am proud of who they are, I'm often berating myself (in the interior monologue sense) that I didn't do even better as a parent. Every time they hit a rough patch and have to deal with pain or disappointment, I wonder if there might have been something I should have done differently when they were babies, something that would have made them better able to handle life's pains and challenges and disappointments, and made it easier for them to develop into the sort of people they want to be.

tl;dr Even when parents do their best they still sometimes feel guilty that they didn't do better.