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Inspired by one of ~alaska-is-a-husky 's stamps.
People assign all sorts of mental & emotional disorders to their OCs with no idea about what it means. Depression does take a back seat to partying. ADHD affects hobbies and emergencies just as severely as they affect homework. Eating disorders can have long-term effects that linger even after the disorder itself has been controlled. Obsessive-compulsives can have severe anxiety attacks if their "rules" aren't followed.
Unspecified disorders are fine, but if you're going to say it's a specific disorder, then the symptoms should be consistent.
On the other hand, hypochondriacs probably shouldn't research these things too thoroughly...
As with a few of my other stamps, yes, this is something I've been guilty of in the past as well. I now have considerably fewer characters with specific disorders. Partly because I keep convincing myself I have everything I research, partly because I'm just lazy as a writer.
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I do that, but I don't know if I'm doing it right even if I researched about it. XD
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Research is awesome!
However, I always feel like I need to explain myself for what my character does. The research is now starting to affect the story negatively. Maybe I'm trying too hard not to portray Schizophrenia inaccurately. It seems the less research I do, the less likely I'll screw it up. (Then again, I seem to have this magical ability to know how to portray something before I research.)
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What helps me with my characters is getting dreams of them, my character robert moonshine has paranoid schizo, with him he usually gets mad a lot, he sometimes don't know what he does, and he also talks to his weapons that he thinks talks to him, there are also other things he does because he literally thinks a lot of things talk to him.
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I have some problems myself so it's easier for me to write characters with the same problems... but then I get depressed about my problems
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True, I'm honestly the same way, my character Alpha doom has been through a lot of abuse from his father, their relationship is a more extreme version of the relationship I have with my mom.
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Yea but it's interesting for the story me and my hubby are creating <3 We are trying to get a universe out :3
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that's why i am doing my research first, asking friends who do, or know people who duffer feom mental illnesses, I am thinking of giving my ferret OC social anxiety because she's based off of a close friend of mine who has social anxiety
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I understand. That's why I usually only give my OCs mental disorders that I have too because it's easier to portray it then. That way it feels authentic when I write.Β
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I know, I remember doing a bunch of research on one of my oc's disorders because I wanted people to think it was real and stuff.
So far its worked!Β
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Good stuff! It really helps to talk to a person with the disorder you're researching, that can be more accurate than the stuff online.
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Also, people with OCD don't necessarily keep everything super neat. My room was a fucking nest full of garbage I couldn't throw away, and just because I had very difficult systems of arrangement, doesn't mean it was kept in order in common understanding of the word "order".
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I used to have a customer with OCD, and keeping things clean didn't matter so much as keeping things oriented properly.
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You forgot Shizophrenia and "Splittet Personalities" Like DAMN. It's not like they show you in movies
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I do that all the time. I research PTSD and autism a lot. I also research OCD and bipolar disorder.
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I have a few OC's with disorders. One of my OC's, Carolina Mason, is autistic. Another one of my Original Characters, Harold Rivers, has a physical disorder which left him with a vertical scar on his chest. Β In Carolina's case, I did my research into autism (as I'm autistic myself), but in the case of Harold Rivers, I left his condition ambiguous until after I have done my research. But I will reveal the name of Harold's condition when I do a profile on him.
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One Of My OCs Has Jaded Morals, Due To His Low Sanity/Age Ratio
He Kills Yoshies Because He Believes That's Why They Exist
He Doesn't Assume "Neutral" Characters Have A Significant Reason To Live, But No Point In Killing Either.
He Tags A VERY Specific Reason For Living For Anyone He's On Good Terms With.
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Since I suffer from Anxiety Disorder myself I'll be able to represent it properly when working with an OC suffering fro this, I guess.
Yes, I really have it and I can tell you that it's hell.Β
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I don't really use specific disorders for my OCs. I just make my characters have a few personality flaws.
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Yeah, that's what I do too.
I don't want to get too specific.
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Everyone gives their OC depression and shit and I'm like, "Bitch, you don't know how hard depression and that crap is!" I deal with a lot of disorders, such as depression, SDD. ADHD, and many more. I have been put on meds for all of them, but most of the time they don't work. I lie a lot about it and keep to myself about. This one time at Band Practice (OMG OFF TOPIC)one of the highschoolers said, "I couldn't be a Teacher, I'd end up killing a kid or killing myself." I told him not to say that around me. It's just a huge problem with me and how I live. If I never said anything to one person I wouldn't be like this. I just hate it when people give their OCs depression at most. I get it if it's a persona and you have, but, uh, like don't.
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Yeah, I usually stick with disorders I'm familiar with (mostly because I have them) for my characters. As in, several of my characters are Autistic, but they have different special interests and different stims and different things that make them go into sensory overload
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probably woulnd tbe too hard for my OC to have autism, considering its what i have (and no, im not a prick who claims to have it, i really do)
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It's because people don't want to make their OCs "ugly" in any way. :\ They want to still look nice for their little audience BUT be "unique" at the same time. Bleh.Β
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I'll definitely need this stamp as a reminder. One OC I've considered specifically having either Intermittent Explosive Disorder or Left Temporal Lobe Epilepsy to explain her anger problems; her sister is an epileptic ranging from the petit mals to the grand mals; their grandma has albinism which plays a FICTIONAL biological reason for one of the granddaughters' appearances (And please note I'm NOT trying to satirize on the disorders in ANY way! 
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I used to have a load of Furry OCs with all different disorders I knew nothing about -.- *Slaps younger self in the face*
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"MY OC HAS DEPRESSION SO SHE CRAIS LAL DE TIME AND HSE HAS ANIETY AND SO SHES FRAID OF DYING!!!! x3"
no.... that's inaccurate
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''my oc has depression and anxiety!!1 she also has bipolar disorder so shes a bit tsundere >w<''
ah i see
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mY oc is a crazzy psychopath and sociopath who murders everone!1 their also scizophrenic and so misunderstood!!
Is it so hard just Β to google whatever thing you Β want your OC to have? In my opinion that's the best part. Furthermore, disorders shouldn't be your oc's defining trait.Β
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My oc has bipolar and autism so she's really smart and creative but also sad sometimes! SHE'S SO COOL.
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Wait... I thought that depression doesn't take a back seat to partying?
Ikr? I mean, this annoys me even for non-OCs. Like, insane does not equal violent, nor is it something to laugh at. Think about if any work made fun of a physical disability. It would start a firestorm in no time flat, but schizophrenia? OCD? Depression? ITS FUNNEHHH!!! :/
I do have a headcanon for a character I characterize as insaneΒ but it's not a very severe case and he's only violent if neglected or someone pisses him off by hurting his friends.Β I also have another one who has something based on depression, but not specifically, since it's a very personal thing for many and I don't want to fudge it up. Though he also does have Asperger's/High Functioning Autism, which I canΒ write since I already have it. Still need to research it because it's different for everyone, though. I genrally try not to go for specifics.
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durrrr this is my wolfaboo oc and it has ADHD HA SO FUNNY GUYS AM I RIGHT? DURRR XD BD XDDDDDDD
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I know what you mean, I always research those types of things.
I have a character, Angel/Steve. He has autism and I already know how that goes. He's twenty years old and he acts like a six year old (so adorable and sad) He loves to line up his toys and only stack his blocks. He's just the most endearing thing I swear. He also has sensory issues, so he can't feel much in his butt, but he feels everything in his back, his feet, and a few other places. He is not a picky eater though. He also refuses to wear pants because they don't feel good, so he wears skirts instead.
I know what I'm talking about. All seven people in my family have it. (Although it's not really a mental disorder, it was just a good example)
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i know this is an old comment, but he sounds like a great, well-developed character. <3
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no problem! <3
He actually sounds quite similar to one of my OCs! 0: like.... Similar yet different. xD
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thank you! Yeah, my OC baby Ari... The one all over my page... xD
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You're welcome. That's pretty cool.
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"HurDur mai OwSee has INsanity Disordr and is a Cereal Killer with sharp fangz (cause canniblism 2)."
I swear I'd unleash my fury at those guys as a form of an all-powerful right hook (that is kind of a regular right hook if we take my strenght lol).
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Relatively-normal-but-also-kinda-angry right hook
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Researching is the fun part, in my opinion. Or maybe I'm just nerdy like that.
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I made a character named Nicolas (earth pony) with Alien Hand Symdrome and I had to use Wikipedia and read the whole page to understand it
Althought I still have a doubt which is if it's possible for the Alien Hand Symdrome affect the whole arm (not even Wikipedia says if it can or can't, so, I'm stuck with this), I gace a story for him showing for he got it, the picture still on my sta.sh and his story still unfinish.
But, I honestly didn't know that people didn't searched for the disorders for they characters. I have a character named Ana (unicorn) with paranoia (schizophrenia) but, I offer keep frogewting it and I think I have to change to other disorder or symdrome since I think schizophrenia doesn't really fit to her kind of character...
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I'm attempting to make an autistic character.
My sister has autism so I basically have first hand experience.
I'm making the character have a similar name to hers (if I can) just because I luv my sister >w<
Good stamp!
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Why would you even GIVE your character a mental disorder? Maybe if you want to raise awareness or something,but mental disorders aren't fun or cute or 'trendy' at all.
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I gave a character of mine anxiety disorder and psychosis to show that a person can have mental disorders and still be a functioning adult. In real life I have anxiety disorder, psychosis, Aspergers, ADD, and I've experienced depression. All of these are diagnosed by professionals.Β
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Exactly,and that is more of raising awareness. You're trying to show that people can still function with a mental disorder. The point I was trying to make(which at the time I didn't make exactly clear.) Is that it bothers me when people give their characters or OCs mental disorders because everyone else does,and it's 'cute'.Β
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