These QRTs are just, really disheartening.
Therapists don’t care what you do in fiction, so long as is doesn’t bleed into real life. I once asked my therapist if making NSFW of young looking/young characters was bad (because if it was, I didn’t want to in any way even remotely-
Therapists don’t care what you do in fiction, so long as is doesn’t bleed into real life. I once asked my therapist if making NSFW of young looking/young characters was bad (because if it was, I didn’t want to in any way even remotely-
https://twitter.com/34choco/status/1334738618343014400
-endorse that) and her answer was “as long as their age isn’t what’s you’re fixated on, as in you only get aroused because they’re young, then it’s not really anything to worry about.”
Is incest shipping gross? Yes. Are age gap ships gross? They can be, yes. Are-
Is incest shipping gross? Yes. Are age gap ships gross? They can be, yes. Are-
-problematic ships gross? I usually think so, but as long as everything is /exclusively/ fiction and it isn’t hurting real life people (and no, you being uncomfortable isn’t hurting you) then I don’t care. Ship whatever fictional characters you want, write the most-
-fucked up, gross dynamics and topics you want, go crazy! Therapists /encourage/ writing and other creative outlets, as long as it’s not hurting anyone. You are more than welcome to think it’s gross, but don’t harass people over it.
/that’s/ why OP talks about it in therapy, because they get shamed and harassed over what they do in fictional settings. And people go to therapy for all sorts of reasons, from deep personal trauma to just dealing with day to day anxiety, do /not/ shame people for-
-what they attend therapy for, that’s disgusting.
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