Considered giving that anon the advice that they should deliberately create another person in their head to switch with and do the work of being a more mentally healthy person for them.
But that’s basically the plot of jekyll and hyde and also really terrible advice maybe đš definitely. Probably.
Itâs always okay to send us an ask if youâre looking for advice. The new blog @proshipper-confessions is for shouting into the void.
I wish I had a better answer for you, but I donât know if weâve ever managed to break a single bad habit in our life.
Our coping strategy for when weâre doing a harmful behavior relies completely and entirely on âswitch with someone else who doesnât do thatâ which is not broadly applicable.
It sounds like youâre doing everything right, anon. Distracting yourself, trying to disengage, trying to remove yourself from a situation.
But sometimes you (general) have to admit to yourself that you can do everything right and still be fucked up and upset about something.
Sometimes its just not possible to disengage.
And thatâs okay.
Mental health is not a lightswitch you can turn on and off. People are not input/output machines.
Accept and forgive yourself for being upset and fixated, and be ready to work on healing from the damage when you are able to.
Nothing sends me into orbit quite like South Park fan discourse I gotta tell ya. Because, as someone whoâs been in the trenches of the fandom since I was like 10 (do not recommend btw), I have never seen any fan work that exceeds the level of depravity present in the source material.
You have moral quandaries with fictional depictions of gore, violence, bigotry, abuse, sexual assault in fan workâŚbut not in canon???
There are episodes of South Park that I as an adult still canât watch bc it makes me too uncomfortable, but like I swear to god you bitches do nothing but watch Tweek x Craig on loop and think you have authority to tell people whatâs ok and whatâs not.
