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Why does Dora need therapy?
Mr. Doctor:
That's correct, I'm surprised the creator of this thread doesn't seem to remember the brother-issues and need-to-controll-everything-issues.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 11 Jun 2011, 06:20 ---That's correct, I'm surprised the creator of this thread doesn't seem to remember the brother-issues and need-to-controll-everything-issues.
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And why can't Dora be controlling? That's her personality, maybe she needs an ambitious guy who is constantly showing her how much he loves her. Yes, let's use therapy to mold Dora into what we have defined as normal.
Why aren't people grabbing Hanners and saying "Not wanting to kiss people is wrong and it's ruining your life. You need help."? Why dont we get Marten some therapy for his lack of effort in achieving anything in his life? Marigold for being a computer-playing shut in?
Dora is one of the most successful people in this strip. Hell, half the QC cast works for her. She's going to fine, she just needs to stop dating guys who aren't doing anything with their lives.
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 11 Jun 2011, 07:52 ---And why can't Dora be controlling? That's her personality, maybe she needs an ambitious guy who is constantly showing her how much he loves her. Yes, let's use therapy to mold Dora into what we have defined as normal.
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Except that when people are controlling, it isn’t their life they're controlling, its someone else's and are you honestly saying thats right?
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 11 Jun 2011, 07:52 ---Why aren't people grabbing Hanners and saying "Not wanting to kiss people is wrong and it's ruining your life. You need help."? Why dont we get Marten some therapy for his lack of effort in achieving anything in his life? Marigold for being a computer-playing shut in?
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But Hanners knows that her OCD is controlling her life and is actively seeking help via therapy. Her getting a job at C.o.D. was more about trying to function as a person in a chaotic environment than it was about earning a wage. Marten is functioning though. He has a job which is able to provide a roof over his head, that keeps him fed. He has friends who care for him, as well as that he has an emotional outlet through music, now granted we haven’t seen anything from the band, but he still has his guitar. Of the cast Marten seems to be the most emotionally stable person. Marigold has gotten out of her shell a little bit, has tried to make friends, hell, she even made a move for Angus before being rebuked. But in Marigold’s case, she has been verbally kicked and beaten for most of her life. Even Hanners can see Marigold does need help and has tried to become her friend, gradually drawing her away from the computer.
--- Quote from: stoutfiles on 11 Jun 2011, 07:52 ---Dora is one of the most successful people in this strip. Hell, half the QC cast works for her. She's going to fine, she just needs to stop dating guys who aren't doing anything with their lives.
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Dora is also one of the most erratic people in the comic. She’s had a string of abusive relationships before Marten and her self belief that he’d turn out to be like one of her abusive exes, despite all evidence to the contrary, caused her to sabotage her relationship with him. She was possessive of him, aggressive to other women who took some interest in him, while all the while would continue to flirt with his boss while Marten had to keep his eyes front and centre. “Its one rule for you, another rule for me”.
Reading your responses stoutfiles, I’d have to say you have no idea of how therapy works. In fact I’d go as far to say that you believe it to be a pseudoscience. Its also an attitude that does nothing except stigmatise those who suffer from mental illness, and that is something that Dora does suffer from. She’s suffered from years of being second best to her brother, years of abuse from boyfriends past. That takes its toll on the mind, and it does do damage to people. That alone should be reason enough for Dora to at least talk to someone.
dragontart:
I'd say the most (maybe only) important reason why she could need therapy is that she doesn't want to be that way. Question might be why she doesn't want to be like that anymore, but I doubt it's just because society/other people/friends would generally find her behaviour unfitting. She might just want to stop annoying people she likes for basically no reason.
Also her behaviour is inconsistent, she's exploding over things which had been perfectly fine on a different occasion, so you couldn't even say what/how some of her personality traits really are.
She's still my favourite character.
But "therapy" has different connotations in different countries and languages. Here, therapy is generally seen as a really freaking big thing for really crapped up people. It's also quite hard to get, making it even more ..."special".
pwhodges:
Where is "here"? It's not in your profile.
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