That “in this way” is doing a lot of work here. I wonder if doctors were better at mental health (or at least that specific doctor was), or if “in this way” meant they beat him until he agreed to stop liking ships?
Yeah, big conversion therapy vibes. Imagine seeing someone happy and thinking you have to cure them, and then when they remember how happy it made them, they get sad now.
That “in this way” is doing a lot of work here. I wonder if doctors were better at mental health (or at least that specific doctor was), or if “in this way” meant they beat him until he agreed to stop liking ships?
Yeah, big conversion therapy vibes. Imagine seeing someone happy and thinking you have to cure them, and then when they remember how happy it made them, they get sad now.
“What is the cure for such disorders? Beatings.”
The past is often an ugly place. I wouldn’t be surprised.