DDLC Theories

The Characters Problems Part 4

Hello!

I don't know why I said that.

But let's get into the subject.

Yuri,
Who is likely going to be the most difficult to analyze despite how obvious her issues are.

Yuri is a cutter, she harms herself.

And while most of us know that this is something that people do, many of us don't understand

Why?

It doesn't make logical sense to hurt yourself right?

It's not the same problem Sayori has, it's not depression, it's not an inability to feel joy or happiness, it's an entirely different beast altogether.

Cutting is a coping mechanism.

It's a way for the person to get over difficult experiences.

Cutting essentially is providing Yuri an escape from intense feelings and moments. Even though it has driven her to kill herself.

It often starts as an impulse, just a way to release the pain of one feeling with another.

Have you ever had an injury? Something that really hurt like maybe you had a bad bruise on your arm or something, or you just got a shot and it wouldn't stop stinging?

A temporary way that pain can be relieved is by feeling pain somewhere else.

The old joke goes that if you want to get rid of that nagging knee pain, just have your friend punch you in the stomach!

Your mind can only handle information from so many different receptors, so when a new intense feeling comes in, it lessens the feeling of others.

In Yuri's case, an intense emotion is triggering her desire to cut. So the first step is finding out what that trigger is, whether its anger, emptiness, intense feelings about us perhaps, and then learning to use other coping mechanisms when that trigger arises.

The next step would be to ask for help, tell someone what is going on so that Yuri would have some support and wouldn't be dealing with these feelings by herself.

Therapists, school counselors, parents, friends, there's tons of people Yuri can turn to.

To help her with this issue, but she keeps it ti herself, and instead of working on fixing it, gives into her habit and continually reinforces that cutting is the only way for her to cope with what she's feeling.

All of these girls have their fair shair of issues, but there's one overarching solution to all their problems.

Ask for help

It's the hardest thing in the world to do, no one wants to admit they need to help, no one wants to believe they're in a place where they aren't in control of their lives.

But it happens.

Talking to other people, letting other people know what's wrong is often portrayed as a sign of weakness, or as socially unacceptable, but that's not true.

It's the best thing you can do for yourself and for the people who care about you.

These three girls all had issue that, while overwhelming in their lives, had realy solutions.

The first step for all of them needed to be asking someone else for help, explaining what was happening, confiding on someone.

And none but Sayori were able to, and Sayori didn't for years.

That's a real life lesson for all us!

We all have problems, we all have issues, it's a part of life, but no matter how big or small they may be, the first step to fixing it is talking about it and getting it out in the open.

Problems thrive in secrecy, but the more people who know about them, the more you create a supprt network that helps you for whatever might be going wrong.

So learn from these poor girls.

Writing is an incredible outlet to express yourself and any issues you're having.........

That is no doubt true and empowering but sometimes it's best to talk about things to a real life homo-sapien.

Despite the fact that they are just characters in a video game, their problems represent things that happen to all of us.

Don't be afraid to talk about what's wrong, don't hide your issues, maks them known to the right people, address those issues, and getvthe support you need.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand!

That's that!

Whoooooo! It's been a pretty busy night for me today!

You might have noticed that Monika wasn't mentioned on this theory. It's because her problems are different and might not fit with this.

But!

If you do want a chapter about Monika's situation! Leave a comment!

And also I want to thank nics924 for voting! I was surprised that she voted all of it despite not reading it yet. But thanks! She has her own DDLC Fanfic called Write Through My Heart! I promise that it's good even though I haven't started reading it yet. XD

And that's all for now....

I will see you.....

In the flipside!