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* Deconstructed in ''BlazeUnion''. We learn very early on that its BrokenHero, Gulcasa, has a lot of serious issues due to having been abused and abandoned by his parents, and he's only able to function because his childhood friends (who are also pretty much his adoptive parents) [[LivingEmotionalCrutch are there to act as amateur counselors for him]]. During the canon route of the game, Siskier dies, and [[TraumaCongaLine this is really only just the start]]. Gulcasa blames himself for everything, and winds up with a raging case of PTSD which [[FailureKnight makes him so terrified of failure]] that he stops hesitating altogether and starts acting much more stoically. His remaining childhood friend and mentor mistake his symptoms for Gulcasa losing his humanity, as [[FantasticRacism it was conveniently revealed that he's part demon]]. [[EtTuBrute And they try to kill him]], leaving Gulcasa a complete psychological wreck. The only people who even bother to try to help him have their own agendas, not to mention their own festering cesspools of mental-emotional trauma. In all likelihood, things wouldn't have gone [[KillEmAll quite so badly]] for Gulcasa and company [[YggdraUnion three years later]] if someone had just gotten the poor kid a competent grief counselor.

* Has [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] ''ever'' seen a therapist for his serious issues? His picture is on NeverLiveItDown for a reason.

* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Black Canary is a trained therapist, and is shown having sessions with the teens after seriously traumatizing events. For some reason, no one seems to give the same consideration to Arsenal, who is suffering from serious issues that have interfered with their missions more than once. While he might have just refused to go, no one considers benching him until he's able to deal with his problems.
** Uh, no, that's ''exactly'' what Nightwing did. Benching him is pretty much the same as telling him he's off the team until he can deal with his personal demons.

* Has [[ComicBook/Ant-Man Hank Pym]] ''ever'' seen a therapist for his serious issues? His picture is on NeverLiveItDown for a reason.

In most fiction, there are ''no'' official systems in place to protect those who are psychologically vulnerable. Nobody is ever concerned that the kid who watched their parents die might be considering suicide, [[FreudianExcuse homicide]], or [[{{Batman}} fighting crime]] [[Series/{{Dexter}} without due process]]. Fiction is full of [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny-Ears Lawyers]] but this will be ignored so long as they're not [[AxCrazy crazy with axes]].

* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Black Canary is a trained therapist, and is shown having sessions with the teens after seriously traumatizing events. For some reason, no one seems to give the same consideration to Arsenal, who is suffering from serious issues that have interfered with their missions more than once. Alternately, he refuses to go.

* Zig-zagged in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''. Black Canary is a trained therapist, and is shown having sessions with the teens after seriously traumatizing events. For some reason, no one seems to give the same consideration to Arsenal, who is suffering from serious issues that have interfered with their missions more than once.

* So many children are orphaned in Daniel Handler's ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', but instead of counseling they get sent to abusive foster homes — or worse.

* Justified in the case of ''Series/{{Merlin}}''. This is maybe a thousand years before therapy was even invented. In fact, Merlin himself may have had to invent therapy out of necessity to deal with everything he goes through. He's basically taken on the role of therapist to all of his friends ([[FridgeBrilliance Fridge Brilliance]] as to why he [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis grows more manipulative and darker over the series]]; he shoulders A LOT of baggage).

** In fact, a running gag among multiple reviewers is their constant danger of insanity due to the bad things they are "forced" to experience. Plenty of reviews have gags where the reviewer pops "happy pills" like they were candy, chugs from a bottle of booze, or is forcibly restrained by men in white coats. Some have even tried to destroy the world in a bout of rage.

* {{X-23}}, ho boy. Put through years ColdBloodedTorture and TrainingFromHell from an early age intended to strip her of her humanity and turn her into an emotionless killing machine. A body count in the ''hundreds'' by the time she was thirteen. Forced to murder the only two people who showed her love and kindness during this time through a chemical trigger that sends her into an UnstoppableRage over which she has no control. Oh yeah, and one of them was ''[[SelfMadeOrphan her mother]]''. Nearly happened ''again'' to her cousin and aunt, the only other family she knew and with whom she was growing very close before having to cut them off to protect them. Made part of [[{{X-Force}} super-secret black ops hit squad because of her extensive assassin training and skill as a professional killer]]. Hounded by a demon who wants her to lead his armies and leaves her in doubt whether she actually even has a ''[[TheSoulless soul]]''. Every time she walks into a room [[SherlockScan she automatically develops a plan to kill everyone in it]], ''and she can't turn it off''. And now she's been dragged into a [[AvengersArena kill-or-be-killed game by Arcade, pitting her against friends and other children]]. The poor girl is in ''desperate'' need of [[TheWoobie a hug]] and extensive professional therapy for all the damage that's been done to her. And the best anyone can come up with is [[AvengersAcademy a school for superpowered teens in danger of turning to the Dark Side]].

* In ''Webcomic/MotherlyScootaloo'', a MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Tumblr comic, this is subverted.

* Heavily averted in MyMadFatDiary. Kester is an extremely good therapist to Rae, and appears to be better than her previous one.
** Chloe is also offered therapy following her abortion.

* Pariodied in ''AlphaProtocol'' if Mike is played as a brutal, violent {{Jerkass}} to Madison. She'll ask him if he has ever sought professional help. He replies that he hasn't, because he ''killed'' all his therapists.

* {{X-23}}, ho boy. Put through years ColdBloodedTorture and TrainingFromHell from an early age intended to strip her of her humanity and turn her into an emotionless killing machine. A body count in the ''hundreds'' by the time she was thirteen. Forced to murder the only two people who showed her love and kindness during this time through a chemical trigger that sends her into an UnstoppableRage over which she has no control. Oh yeah, and one of them was ''[[SelfMadeOrphan her mother]]''. Nearly happened ''again'' to her cousin and aunt, the only other family she knew and with whom she was growing very close before having to cut them off to protect them. Made part of [[{{X-Force}} super-secret black ops hit squad because of her extensive assassin training and skill as a professional killer]]. Hounded by a demon who wants her to lead his armies and leaves her in doubt whether she actually even has a ''soul''. Every time she walks into a room [[SherlockScan she automatically develops a plan to kill everyone in it]], ''and she can't turn it off''. And now she's been dragged into a [[AvengersArena kill-or-be-killed game by Arcade, pitting her against friends and other children]]. The poor girl is in ''desperate'' [[TheWoobie a hug]] and extensive professional therapy for all the damage that's been done to her. And the best anyone can come up with is [[AvengersAcademy a school for superpowered teens in danger of turning to the Dark Side]].

* {{X-23}}, ho boy. Put through years ColdBloodedTorture and TrainingFromHell from an early age intended to strip her of her humanity and turn her into an emotionless killing machine. A body count in the ''hundreds'' by the time she was seventeen. Forced to murder the only two people who showed her love and kindness during this time through a chemical trigger that sends her into an UnstoppableRage over which she has no control. Oh yeah, and one of them was ''[[SelfMadeOrphan her mother]]''. Nearly happened ''again'' to her cousin and aunt, the only other family she knew and with whom she was growing very close before having to cut them off to protect them. Made part of [[{{X-Force}} super-secret black ops hit squad because of her extensive assassin training and skill as a professional killer]]. Hounded by a demon who wants her to lead his armies and leaves her in doubt whether she actually even has a ''soul''. Every time she walks into a room [[SherlockScan she automatically develops a plan to kill everyone in it]], ''and she can't turn it off''. And now she's been dragged into a [[AvengersArena kill-or-be-killed game by Arcade, pitting her against friends and other children]]. The poor girl is in ''desperate'' [[TheWoobie a hug]] and extensive professional therapy for all the damage that's been done to her. And the best anyone can come up with is [[AvengersAcademy a school for superpowered teens in danger of turning to the Dark Side]].

** Lampshaded by [[Badass Sergeant Abraham Ford]] in issue 61.