[ SECRET POST #2610 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2610 ⌋

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

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02.
[Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies]


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03.
[Twin Peaks]


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04.
[DC Comics, Strix and Batgirl]


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05.
[my mad fat diary]


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06.
[Sekai Seifuku]


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07.
[Lindsey Stirling]


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08.
[Star Trek: The Next Generation]


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09.
[Attack on Titan]


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10.
[How to Train Your Dragon]


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11.
[Figure Skating]


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12.
[A Wild Endeavour]


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13.
[American Horror Story]


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14.
[The Americans]

















Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 061 secrets from Secret Submission Post #372.
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)]

There are other ways of dealing with your medical issues than getting committed.

[sarillia]

There are and OP should definitely look into those. Different things work for different people and they should explore their options. But one of those options is an institution if they are a danger to themselves or others.

[(Anonymous)]

They are talking about it in a fashion that implies they feel powerless and think it's inevitable.

It's not, but sometimes there will be outside pressures.

And they should not do it unless they want to, and, without outside pressure would be convinced it would benefit them.

I'm going to say another n popular thing here, but I do not think self-harm is inherently bad, it ca be a tool to deal with certain issues. Obviously the end goal should be to stop and feel happy again, but people freak out way too much over it. Not everyone who self-harms needs to be in an institution. Not even everyone with suicidal thoughts. Honestly I knew one case where it just made the suicidal thoughts worse.

[(Anonymous)]

*unpopular

[sarillia]

Outside pressures should definitely be taken into account. The decision of how to deal with a psychiatric condition is even more complicated than it has to be because of stigma and pressure from all sides. I just think that you are simplifying things.

When I was at my worst and afraid that I would be committed, what helped me was looking into it and seeing that it's not always like the horror stories and that lots of people bounce back from it either in spite of or because of the treatment there. Treating the whole idea like a monster that was chasing me and would eventually catch me was not helping anything.

[(Anonymous)]

You and I have very different experiences and views on this matter, but I generally always like your posts and your calm wisdom here on F!S. I respect your view on this, but given my own experiences I can't agree with it fully. What I needed in my life was to break wit toxic influences entirely, and this actually included therapists.

Strangely enough, to me treating them as the adversary actually helped me fight for my future.

[sarillia]

Huh, I didn't think anyone had really taken any notice of me.

I can see how we would have very different advice. I've had some bad experiences with therapists but I'm also grateful for others and I've been very lucky overall. I can kind of see how treating them as an adversary might help if they're that toxic though.

I'm glad you're doing better, however it happened. I always like to hear from people who have got through these kind of problems.

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, you're noticed.

It's...a process. I've been good for several years. Sometimes it catches with my again if bad stuff happens. Lie now, going through a rougher patch. Had a rougher patch in college,too, but got through it. I haven't self-harmed for the better part of 14 years. Relapsed once,when I found out my dad had cancer, but ma,aged to nip it in the bud there.

I accept there's the darkness in me that can always rear its head. But I've (mostly) developed mechanisms where I break or avoid creating patterns that lead me into vicious circles.

Glad you're doing better, too, and that you had better luck with therapists.

I was very lucky with my mom, and one specific teacher, who both are possibly the reason I'm still alive.

[(Anonymous)]

They don't just commit people for funsies, though. Being committed means that doctors have assessed you and come to the conclusion that you're at immediate risk of hurting yourself or others. By the time it gets to that point, it usually is in the person's best interest to get help right away rather than wait.

I have two friends who were committed for being suicidal and I have no doubt that it saved their lives. They had reached a point where it was not safe for them not to be in treatment before they did something to hurt themselves, and they each recognized this fact when they got out.