It’s actually something that psychiatrists do, I forgot the exact word for it but it’s when they Expose their patient to their own triggers
yh it's called cognitive behavioral therapy i think. but this had dubious consent for the most part and i'm not sure if it's a common practice among psychiatrists to give their patient a handjob to cure their mysophobia
Well this is a yaoi so what do you expect. And it wasn’t “sex fixes everything” he was gradually getting better over time as his condition got better.
that's why i said i would prefer that he kept it professional until he was fully cured. 'this is yaoi so what do you expect' isn't justification for toxic behaviour, as long as it's not pwp and takes itself seriously it deserves to be criticized and dubious consent isn't consent. it's not written to make the readers think that the relationsip is toxic, the author clearly expects us to find this romantic and ocd isn't even the main focus of the story but used as a plot device to make their sexual interactions 'more interesting'. that IS romanticising mental illnesses. idc if people like it though, i just can't stand this trope
Preach! 100% agree. The fetishization of mysophobia ain't it sis.
Hmm yes exactly. There's so much dubious consent and rape in yaoi that readers find it normal now. Reading this kind of smut is okay at least, as long as there's awareness, but justifying it is a big no no. And there's so many in these comments who actually think it's okay it's kinda..
U could not have said better! 100% agree. I'm at halfway at the story coz I've seen ppl recommended many times but maybe its just me but its over-hyped. I'm not disliking it, but we must read it in a different perspective. I just don't understand why ppl fetishizing mental illness . Just because there are some hot smutty scenes it doesn't mean sex will solve everything deym
sorry but i can't stand the 'sex fixes everything' trope, you don't sexually harass your patient who's struggling with every day tasks in the middle of his treatment. this would be so much better if kurose kept his distance until he was fully cured, he's lowkey pushy. also "shirotani's mysophobia made it hotter<33" is romanticising mental illnesses.