In the midst of this, OPโ€™s therapist actually confirms that fantasies involving being a victim of noncon is pretty common! OP also thoroughly documents how they described darkshipping to their therapist (who didnโ€™t know anything about it) in order to engender the โ€˜rightโ€™ answer.
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๐ŸงตThread: I made a qrt in regards to what my psychiatrist said in general about darkshipping. Someone asked me to elaborate so I will. The appointment lasted a long time so this will be a quite a long thread. It's going to be quite general. Lets begin 1/
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The only that OP doesnโ€™t seem to have clarified is that the darkship fantasies are about fictional characters, not real children. Happily, their therapist gently sympathized, but did not outright justify OPโ€™s disgust response. Overall, the conclusion that OP comes toโ€”
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โ€”that anyone whose therapist said their fantasies are normal is โ€˜lyingโ€™ โ€” is a SWEEPING judgement to make from the opinion/experience of one therapist whoโ€™s never heard of fanfiction before OP told them about itโ€”& despite framing, he didnโ€™t jump to โ€˜these people are PREDATORS!โ€™

Sep 5, 2026 ยท 3:34 AM UTC

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Anyway, read the thread, it will not hurt you, OP is fairly detailed about the negative light they painted darkshippers in, & the response was not nearly as alarming as I would have expected considering the framing OPโ€™s therapist had to work within
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OPโ€™s replies made me realize: bc OP conflates fictional characters w/real ppl, they genuinely think darkshippers enjoy darkships the way the exact way some anti-shippers enjoy fantasizing about maiming, raping, or murdering darkshippers No wonder the psych responded how he did
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