#even w the kid character i don’t use often itd be ‘stop. you’re hurting (other oc)�� she’s treated like a person especially by the newguy

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man I see these posts about stopping negative thought loops by talking to yourself like a stern parent or jokingly saying “drop it” like a dog. and if it works for you it works, but the way it’s the only dynamic I’ve seen in these type of posts disturbs me a little if we’re being honest. my own head is the only place I never have to be “redirected” or silenced by parental figures if I don’t want to be, and conceptualizing myself as a trained animal (while funny) isn’t very appealing either. I know those posts mean it in a nice ‘healing’ way and all but I just wonder why humans turn to these authority based dynamics so quickly. Is the only way we know how to “help” someone by declaring them unworthy of the agency we grant ourselves so we can arbitrarily command them to stop doing things that make us uncomfortable? to the point where we even do it to ourselves in our own minds? genuine philosophical question