itsgettinghotinhere(on Earth)

In my head all hidden village therapy options are basically propaganda reinforcement programs.

The shinobi don’t avoid it bc they terminally don’t want to acknowledge their feelings or get better, they avoid it because it would actively make them worse

Like,,,

Oh your friend died? Don’t worry, it was for konoha and they would be honored to die for the village.

Well yeah, but they’re still gone and I—

The mission was completed so they served their purpose. They’re dead but they contributed to a whole as they were trained to.

…right. But fighting for the village isn’t the only thing they did. They have a family. How am I supposed to—

But their true purpose was to serve the village. And they did.