That might also explain why he seems to hate his family. Refusing to see any of them.
Exactly. They were all complicit except his little brother I imagine but since he's still in touch with their family it's understandable that Seungho would want nothing to do with him either.
It's only a theory tbh but a plausible one I think
this makes sense now...poor seungho
That sounds so likely sad sad poor Seungho
Damn. I was thinking it just may be bipolar disorder, but this definitely makes more sense in context.
Are you the one who posted about bipolar disorder earlier? I did a bit of research on it and I actually think it would fit SH's symptoms a lot. Both your theory and mine could coexist. He could have developed the syndrome due to his trauma.
Yeah. I did wonder if childhood abuse and trauma were risk factors or linked to it but then I got sidetracked and forgot. Lol. After your reply I had to look at the chapter again. So if the original "illness" was homosexuality that Jiwha "caught" from him as mentioned, I guess Seungho and Jiwha were found doing something together which lead to Seungho's confinement to his home? And then abuse like what you mentioned or some other physical/emotional abuse from his father occurred either before confinement or after. I'm kinda unsure of the timeline on the events described in the chapter. But...all I'm gonna say for sure is that there was some depression going on years after the abuse since in the scene of the doctor's second encounter with him probably suggests a suicide attempt where there's a knife on the floor. On top of the other self-destructive behavior of drug and alcohol use, impulsive sex and then what the doc described as delirious fits and insomnia. So I agree. Maybe bipolar disorder or even PTSD and comorbid depression or bipolar disorder and PTSD. With your theory and everything else; that is seriously some complex stuff to be alluding to. And a lot of it. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
It's a thing that happens in real life. Some men rape gay men to make them "understand" that gay sex is painful and unnatural. It's a form of punishment, a way to chase the gay out of their bodies. Of course it's wrong, disgusting and sick but some people are litteral demons.
So if Seungho was raped as a child then I can totally imagine it unfolding like that. He did say that he's living by "the principles father taught us" when he spoke to his little brother. Maybe he was alluding to that? His dad allowing old men to rape him, except Seungho as an adult turned the tables on him by willingly engaging in gay orgies just to rebel against his dad and also as a way to relive his trauma (many rape victims do that).