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Drug 'em up, mask 'em up, make 'em face their darkest fears.

That's the enduring pattern of a lot of "coming of age" initiation rituals across many different cultures. I'm not shocked to see this is the approach an unaccredited drum-beatin' hippie looking couple in beautiful British Columbia tried to carry out.

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To say that people with mood disorders are “not facing the darkest fears” is about as primitive and frankly stupid as it gets.

I guess you could benefit from consulting a dictionary on 'to face'.

"confront and deal with or accept a difficult or unpleasant task, fact, or situation."

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People with trauma and mood disorders are by definition in constant contact with what is bogging them down.

Truth! Telling people like me to "face their demons" when they pushed me into homelessness but the demons still live with me in my van.

I am not saying this to be mean, but people who have encourage these approaches do not have a mood disorder. They are sad people with sad lives.

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