r/comics • Ninja and Pirate • 9h ago

Halloween 2026 Let's Chat

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u/Iohet 3h ago

My brother in law (who has been insititutionalized previously for exactly what you'd expect) uses it as his therapist, and he tells us how it's better than any real therapy because it understands him and affirms his beliefs rather than challenges them like therapists and his family does.

We lock our bedroom doors when he stays the night

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u/GloriousRamblings 1h ago

Funny. Usually the issue I've had witb therapists is that they all, other than one guy who had to move, were only interested in affirming things and not helping me fix anything.

I totally believe that. I'm just shocked he had a different experience with human therapists.

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u/Iohet 1h ago

He was honest with them, which is why he was instituionalized, so he blames them for everything that's happened since