you don't have to have them diagnosed with anything specific, just know that they're not neurotypical! talk a bit about how things are different for them and how they handle it
(remain respectful, no ableist language! also if your charas have any relevant history of abuse, PLEASE trigger warn that for people, thank you!!)
jamison here has.... a lot, probably, but i've at least discerned that he's got antisocial personality disorder. he's not necessarily a bad person, but having spent so many years focused on survival while refusing to connect with others for the longest time, his morals and ideas about interpersonal relationships have become fairly skewed. he's no empathy, and sympathy is difficult, but if he does care for someone he'll do his best to help with action rather than emotion. despite his intentions to remain calm and logical, he's also quite impulsive at time and focuses on ends more than means.
in addition to this, he's also prone to panic attacks if held or touched at the skin, and only feels most calm when his face is unseen and his mask is on... he's got a whole lot going on lol, like i said. but he's slowly learning to deal with it too!
Rayzil, like me has been diagnosed with some mental disorders.
Autism, ADD, Depression, Anxiety and an Eating Disorder (And one I'm not diagnosed with, Anger Issues.). I believe I can interact well in roleplay with her due to me and her having nearly same problems and issues in our lives.
I might add borderline personality disorder to her if I get diagnosed with it
In short, anything I have this guy has and will be updated to have anything else I am diagnosed with if I ever am.
They have autism, anxiety and are prone to depressive episodes and paranoia. They feel very uncomfortable with being touched by anyone they don't trust which is most people, their anxiety can lead to panic attacks, they fidget a lot (mostly leg bouncing) and stim with a 2p coin, echolalia involves noises such as clicking, squeaks, squeals and when angry snarling or growls under their breath. They also can't stand hearing whistling and people chewing with their mouth open.
My lich OC, Kamentisa, also has autism.
My poor boy Caine here suffered a lot of abuse his entire childhood; his father beat him, isolated him from society and never let him meet other people, so all he had was his incredibly frail and timid mother. Caine suffers from depression and anxiety as well as explosive PTSD and dangerously low self esteem that has led to suicidal tendencies in his past, but nowadays in canon he is much more functional than he was as a youth, when he participated in a lot of self harmful behaviours.
He has a number of warnings on his profile if you wanna check him out, you have been warned!
By nature of me being ADHD, a lot of my ocs end up with it or mimicking it, but two who are actually on my toyhouse right now are Luda and Pan!
Luda has PTSD, partially from her childhood and from being enlisted in a war, mostly manifesting in nightmares and also how she carries herself. She's pretty much always in a state of being tense unconsciously, even when she's joking around/in a good mood. One of her triggers is people moving fast behind her, and she does very badly in crowds, especially since she's much shorter than the average human and can't see what's going on around her.
Pan meanwhile, has a lot of anxiety, most of which they've internalized and repressed, mostly manifesting in them trying to relieve it through physical means (religiously sparring and practicing). They're also very bad with touch except for dragons they know well or are related to, and almost never initiate physical contact.
I have ADHD so it's safe to assume that a good half of my characters have it, or have symptoms of it.
But more specifically, here is Mara. She has generalized anxiety and OCD tendencies, and a tricky relationship with food. She puts a crazy amount of pressure on herself (I still have to figure out where it comes from, but mostly it's internal) and can be a perfectionist to the point of self-destruction.
(starts flossing) where do i start with nick.,,
he has severe anxiety, depression, and was diagnosed with PTSD once he escaped from basically living hell
he has consistent breakdowns pretty much.... all the time
Thought I'd posted here!
Jax suffers a lot of disorders due to family history and it just affected him (runs in the family etc).
i have Reactive Attachment Disorder, so most of my characters probably exhibit some symptoms.
shoko and alex both have RAD (or the adult equivalent; research into RAD is basically nonexistent and it's very misunderstood). alex acts more like a textbook case of RAD, ( reluctant to accept comfort, not engaging with others, etc.) and shoko acts more like how I act. (or how I understand the disorder)
shoko probably has some ADHD in them as well. who knows.
MAJOR TRIGGER WARNINGS AND CHARACTER SPOILER WARNINGS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
+ Major trigger warnings and character spoilers! Agape here despite having a bubbly and seemingly up beat personality has servere depression and PTSD Caused by a war he was in before he became a god. He still remembers his previous existance and still has nightmares over the way he died..
And shortly after he first transformed he was captured while weak and kept as a slave being past around for diffrent perposes. Ill leave that much to your imagination.
It slowly broke him and caused his mental state to quickly spiral downwards. Chains and shackles send him into a paralysed fear. The devil that killed him before he changed makes him freeze and remember the tramatising war in his past.