#tw; therapy

[terrence-silver]

I feel that if the world's crossed over hannibal would be terrys therapist 🤔

Oh, interesting.

No, but I frequently think about Terry Silver's therapist.

And I figure they must've been just as clever as he was.

Just as interesting, polarizing of an individual.

Yes, someone like Hannibal Lecter. A Hannibal Lecter type.

Someone, optionally, who might've either seen combat themselves, was a military attache, an allotted camp psychiatrist now in retirement or genuinely served at one point in time if Terry was ever to talk about the events in Vietnam and just the general nuances of what martial arts --- fighting itself as an ideal --- means to him, seeing as how there's the simple notion that nobody but someone who was an actual soldier themselves would acutely understand or relate what he's been through unless they've been through it themselves and felt it on their own skin --- pride demands it --- and I figure Terry would find it beneath him to speak of his war trauma to an individual who has never seen blood.

Never got some blood on themselves.

How can they talk the talk if they didn't walk the walk?

So, some ex-UN official with the licence to practice and someone who's witnessed warfare on several fronts could easily trump out a glitzy LA doctor visited by washed-up Beverly Hills Rockstars and the rich and famous of Hollywood in and out of rehab in Terry's book, because he's more then just some bigshot getting clean from coke.

He's one of those patients one can write a medical dissertation about.

And still be no closer to the conclusion.

Undoubtedly, there have been many vetted, carefully handpicked professionals Terry visited and called upon. More than can be precisely accounted for. Doubt there was just one over the decades, because a therapist that works for some patients might not work for others and Terry would've been a peculiar specimen compatible with extremely few, with peculiar needs, a peculiar psyche, a peculiar past and peculiar way he was damaged in that couldn't be treated by someone lacking significant experience, so he even he must've realized that he couldn't and shouldn't hand himself over to just about anyone, regardless of credentials, diplomas, the price-range and the therapist's own achievements. It was simply a manner of good taste for a man who's otherwise a perfectionist in every regard to be a perfectionist in this field too, especially where the curious case of getting himself in gear was concerned. This doctor of the mind, well, they were for sure made entirely exclusive during their tenure of having sessions with Mr. Silver, meaning that I don't see them treating anyone else in whatever high-end, elite facility these meetings took place in (or more likely, within the confines of Terry's own mansions, because people come to him --- he doesn't come to people. Heaven and Earth all revolve around him. He'll send his own chauffeur to pick up the person meeting for him too, because that's just how he conducts things. Do they want to be flown in on a private jet?), seeing as how Terry made himself that special and wouldn't bear sharing his therapist with anyone at any point in time, territorial and possessive even now. He's top dog. Top priority, even when being rehabilitated and re-oiled to continue running smoothly --- more than ever then. He had the money to back up such eccentric demands, surely. Back them up he did.

This would've been...the umpteenth therapist in Terry's huge line-up.

Was a long and meticolous search for the perfect person.

Why?

Because, I'm convinced Terry would've tested each and every one of his shrinks, as he no doubt called them, because they didn't earn the respect to be called anything else. You earn your belts and they didn't do so with theirs, so tested they must be. Would be an insult to his intelligence and status if he didn't. He'd be an unreliable narrator. Tell them lies intentionally to see if they'd catch him doing it, putting up facades and inventing personas. He'd manipulate them. Tell them what they want to hear and great many things they don't want to hear. Tug at their heartstrings tactically and play devil's advocate. Flatter them by wining and dining them at his own expense to see if they're susceptible to bribery and easily distracted by the material. He'd play at verbal evasion. Tell them made up events and then change said events at will. Terry would act the saint and flawless gentleman-entrepreneur to check if they'd fall for it. At times, he'd deliberately go for the shock factor and share obscenities from his life to see their reactions and take pleasure in their professional facade dropping. He'd serve fabrications, half truths and truths tucked somewhere in the middle of all of that as an elaborate puzzle for his therapists to solve just to check if they can. If they have what it takes to even begin contemplating dealing with him. That's not to say people in therapy are duplicitous --- but Terry Silver certainly was and I think he'd be a notoriously clever, tricky, unpredictable, volatile, dangerous and difficult patient who, for the longest time wouldn't let his therapists get even close to the root of his problems, because that would mean giving someone a vestige of control, and exposing an inherently vulnerable and complex part of himself and that is a privilege to be explicitly wrestled out from his grasp, because he doesn't give it willingly and for free. Nothing's for free.

Do they want to see what's inside of him?

Then they should fight for it in elaborate mental combat.

And once they do, once Terry is sufficiently impressed with their wit, their worthiness, their innate understanding of the human inner workings --- they belong to him because he slowly sucks them in, never allowing himself to be controlled too much, doing instead, the bulk of all the control --- their time is his for as long as he requests it and feels he needs it, calling and dismissing at will. Their life is on stand-by. Their schedule cleared, attached to Terry's barrage of staff and the immaculate balance of his life's own order. Everything on halt, for years, if need be. No quarter. The money he pays is unimaginable, but my goodness, at what cost?

[eccedentesiast-skies]

You’ve grown into someone who would have protected you as a child. And that is the most powerful move you made.

[ashleyrguillory]

And I didn’t talk to him ever again

[galacticsabc]

Do not seek forgiveness, for it will not ease the burden. It weighs as it should.

[animentality]

[artsymeeshee]

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I went to group therapy for grief over the death of a loved one, and the therapist had us making our very own Saw traps as a means of processing our emotions. Like art therapy, but evil.

[wahgifs]

I-DAYS MILANO 2024 | STRAY KIDS - MANIAC | HYUNJIN ☆

[st-hedge]

*clapping* fight fight fight

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

yea it's a show about nepo babies but Succession really said "20 billion dollars doesn't erase the persistent trauma of childhood abuse, or absolve the abuser" so like. remember that next time your parent tries to uno-reverse-guilt-card you with "but we gave you so much"

[xxskyethetiredemoxx]

Notes game cause I've seen people do it and it looks fun

10 notes: get off tumblr and do my homework

50 notes: brush my teeth every day (I try ok)

100 notes: practise guitar three times a week

200 notes: try and manage my time better so I have free time to do my hobbies and stuff

500 notes: deal with the mess on my bedside table

1,000 notes: look for a paid job (I quite like volunteering though, and like I want to stay there for a while, so yk)

2,000 notes: finish reading a book

5,000 notes: not do sh for three months (yeah no lol)

10,000 notes: maybe talk to my parents about mental health stuff (fuck no)

[fraternum-momentum]

your insides are so pretty. [♡]

[genderkoolaid]

from The Trevor Project's 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People

[w1lmuttart]

Alright so before I jump on the ln3 bandwagon can I put Mono through the wringer one more time? Okay? Okay 👍

[ozzgin]

I looveee the Monsters x Heartbreaker reader. Especially how reader is a b**ch.

So what about a motherly reader with the monsters? I do love to give those monsters an awakening breeding kink and future family when they meet motherly reader lmao

TW: monster smut, breeding kink, pregnancy talk

I think it definitely adds another layer of possessiveness. Reader is not only a player, but also a caring Darling who just happens to be hornier than the average person. So she will lovingly accept the courting of any monster, with a lot of preparation and plenty of aftercare.

The realization doesn't immediately settle in. Obviously they've never dealt with a human before, so pregnancy is borderline ridiculous and out of the question. The monsters just follow their instincts and filling Reader with their seed is merely a kinky finale to their play.

And then it happens. Maybe it's a pregnancy scare, maybe more knowledge comes to light, but the important conclusion is that Reader can indeed be bred. It's the ultimate way to mark their territory and permanently brand her as theirs. What better way to say "She's mine" than turning her into the mother of their children? Bite marks, scratches, rough handling, they all go away with time. This is permanent.

Except, you know, this flawless logic implies there's not a horde of suitors waiting for their turn. "You're all mine", but multiply it by Lord knows how much. Yet, regardless of the reasoning, the urge prevails. No rational approach would convince the beasts in heat that they should take a step back. Even the ancient, all-knowing eldritch creature is clouded by tremendous jealousy at the idea that some other pathetic brute would gain the upper hand with Reader. Absolutely not.

It's a terribly crass way of putting it, but once this desire develops within the monsters, Reader will be dripping every step of the day. Whatever was happening under the sheets before has now turned into who can fill Reader up the most.

*insert multiple gas pumps meme*

(Ah, yes, that's where the Breeding Olympics from the previous ask come in. I almost forgot. Naturally, only the best of the best may have the chance to procreate with the one and only human of their realm. Funded by the Mayor of Monstertown, the historical event will ensure that Reader doesn't waste her time - and birthing resources - with anything less than elite.)

[incognitopolls]

Psychiatric help could include medication, therapy, institutionalization, etc.

Hitting or hurting could include spanking, yanking arms or hair, etc.

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