generally i'm tired of having to explain my traumas over and over again and going "yes my therapist says this is healthy, no you being an armchair psychologist on the internet isn't going to change my mind"
some people just need to shut the fuck up forever, and those people include those who look down on lolisho and cub art -.-
this did spawn from someone who used to be a mutual of mine on my main account, but fwiw this is just a general thing. i've seen this argument played countless times of "you need help" and "this isn't healthy" and so on, despite the fact this is contrary to the facts.
people will just find any way to demonize cub & lolisho art, and if they don't take the moral high ground, they'll sure as fuck try to make it a "this is an unhealthy way to cope" type of deal. ...which even if it was, that's not how you handle people with unhealthy habits you fucking dunce. but it is when you're just looking for free clout from other like-minded dunces.
saying "you're just letting your pain define you as a person" for me drawing cub art, is such a bullshit rationale way for shitting on this kind of art.
demonizing what i do and playing it off as "oh i just think it's disgusting, i'm not demonizing you, but i also think you need to grow up because this is unhealthy" is insanely insensitive, and moreover misses the whole point of all of this.
this art empowers me, it helps me process my trauma by letting me re-explore things that have previously traumatized me, in ways that can not be expressed into words. and sure, absolutely, a lot of this is the fact that this is porn, that's my main satisifcation from it. but reaching into my mind's palace and figuring out what trauma lies there from my past is also a good exercise in general.
plus there's the fact my actual therapist has told me this is a good way for me to sort through my trauma. disagreeing with my own therapist sure is a ballsy fucking move.
