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hc + therapy for kaiba
send me ‘ hc ‘ + a word and i’ll write a headcanon about it regarding my character. [Always accepting]
// This man should have seeked out help, a whole lot sooner.
So, I still have a lot to write about his ED, so for now all you need to know is that: It gets to a point he hits rock bottom with it. This has been hinted in several older posts, but things to run out of control for him. He can’t hide it anymore what is truly happening to him, and it was through Mokuba’s intervention that he was put into treatment.
This is supposed to take place just a few years before GX started. During this time period, he is removed from his CEO duties and the company is being run by his closest employees-- people who had been appointed to cover for him during this period.
For awhile, it was uncertain how long Seto’s absence would last. Some even feared, he would be too stubborn to even adhere to the treatments, It should be notedthat all of this remains in extreme secrecy, only those closest to him are aware of what truly took place. In order to try and cover that up, all that the public received as an answer to Kaiba’s absence from the public eye was something on the lines of ‘after years of running KC nonstop, Seto has taken a brief undefined hiatus from his position.’.
During this break Seto was left in the shadows about his company, he was isolated of sorts so he could heal. I’m still not entirely sure where this took place, it could have been within his mansion or in a clinic (or it alternated between both). The matter of the fact is that, by the end of this process he comes out as a changed man. Not entirely, but it seems like he has let go of the majority of his destructive mannerisms and degrading interests, and replaced them with what is arguably a whole lot healthier to him.
It is important to remind of his context: He is in the early 2000s in a society that mostly seems to ignore, and not really address mental health issues (or when they are brought up, they are not treated with the severity they deserve or are mocked). It is a wonder he made this far into his life, like that.