#bb that's just mental illness

[mushroom-winners-proof]

terra lover syndrome is CRITICAL and i cannot recover and i do not want to

#kh #kingdom hearts #kh bbs #kingdom hearts birth by sleep #terra #snap sketches #speaking of bbs btw lmao #idk i just felt compelled to draw him #my style's been mixed up lately and i wanted to see how i'd go bout drawin him #he dont look TERRIBLE but it aint right to me #ill still post tho cause terra content #plus i like showin off my 'notes' #i feel like ive made him too pretty #and while i think terra is pretty there's a sort of balance to him- he's like in-between handsome and pretty #dont ask me how there's a difference there just is but regardless i feel as tho ive made him too pretty #so ill make a mental note of that for next time

[autism-corner]

so we all know the famed slutty leviathan card right

now... what if: this card but with levi's boobs out 🤔

(i edited the card to have levi-tits in it!! 2 versions, one with b/c cups one with just... flat =3=)

also added some piercings & facial hair bc i think our gf deserves to look even better +w+bb

#YAYYAY im bored :p #idk i guess it was good anatomy practise but i wont be 100% satisfied ever so... #obey me leviathan #obey me #second work i did on her today... mental illness is growing #sillyposting #not tagging it as mature or anything bc it isnt like... explicitly sexual??? just human bodies =w=bb #lemme know if i should bc i really dont know #WAIT omg i shouldve made her hair longer aswell.... i totally forgot... #oml #maybe ill add longer hair one day... #my work

[coffeeandcalligraphy]

ok ok so you know how my life has majorly revolved around my pain since july & how that has been extremely difficult :) well lately I find myself getting up later than I want to & making my bed as badly as I possibly can & getting out of the house after noon when I planned to get out in the morning & walking to the library when it’s sunny & sitting there for hours & the whole time I’m most concerned with writing & that it’s incredible what I’m doing, it’s a little paradise

#you know how I hoped September would be kind to me well it delivered #I actually didn’t realize how mentally poorly I was doing until I got out of it ! #like oooooof it’s like a chronic pain veil #& to be very honest it’s because I’m physically better so I cannot blame myself and I don’t lol bc there will be a time when that happens #<< again #I mean better loosely I just mean I haven’t had 8/10 pain every day for weeks LOLLL #but it’s really quiet and beautiful & im grateful !!! like yay I can still create ! #I’m not thinking abt my pain 95% of the day now it’s probably about 40%? 50? so a lot but I’m literally not every single thought LOL #sometimes it’s even like 20! not even cuz anything is getting better bc it’s not but I will take it even if idk why!!! #(& by nothing is getting better I mean meaningfully better but I have been blessed with some good days lately which I had none #of all summer) #I say this bc every day I wake up and immediately think OH GOD MY PAIN which is so valid bc it’s awful in the morning getting up is like #falling into a black hole Lol but also while that thought is still there I also thought #wow I’m so excited to write today I’m so excited to see what Jeremiah does #HE IS THE NARRATOR OF HEALING #also like SOOO PRIVILEGED to be able to do this like I also wanted to say that! #anyway update for u since I know I have shared the Despair but none of the beauty yet lol #lots of love chronic illness/pain bbs <3

[hgmason-hellion]

Crisis Core Zack is just black haired goofier Terra (KH BBS), and in this essay I will-

#im not writing an essay dw brain mush #mason shut up #see the only reason this came to mind is because im trying to sketch Zack and i am having 🌟 issues 🌟 #and my constant mental Ven is just baby Cloud made it worse #the more i think about this the more i see similarities #to round out the trio Aerith gets to be Aqua #i blame baby Cloud for this help me #i know Zack and Terra met and fought against one another in BBS but Zack was class 2 so he hadnt experienced 🌟 canon 🌟 #i want them to meet back up and work through some of that trauma together #zack fair #kh terra #only tagging them because help me #ill share my sketches later #mason tags #mason.txt

[kingmaximusboltagon]

most appealing part of the inhumans is that theyre all middle aged with back pain

#the comfort of a group of characters ostracized for their differences but still finding happiness and love and companionship and home #gorgon having chronic pain maximus having neglected mental illness bb and triton struggling to socialize after being raised outside society #medusa taking on so much responsibility that even her loved ones start to slowly neglect her needs assuming she can handle it all #i was looking at some uncanny inhumans art and now im in a mood over 50yo blackagar . #this probably applies more to me than People In General but like. the royal family as a whole r extremely comforting to me #bc they r characters that like. i can see parts of myself in that i havent ever found in other media before #like i have a bad back! and bad joints and mobility issues sometimes! and it hurts all the time! #and i know a chronically ill character isnt like. IMPOSSIBLE to find but it still means a lot to me that they bring gorgon's pain up #and how maximus' completely ignored and silenced mental health struggles really fucked him up for like his entire life #and how bb and triton being raised almost completely removed from society and only interacting with family members until they were adults #affected their socialization skills a LOT #like these are all things i can find and like. actually see myself there. its nice to not feel completely detached from everyone else #bc growing up these r things i did not see. ever. there r so many parts of me that i thought everyone experienced and. they dont! #i have no idea where im going with this its just. these inhumans r people. and i see them. and it means something to me. #inhumans

[messybouquetoflilies]

tbh i would absolutely top someone (with a strap) if they wanted me to. im just scared of what being open abt that would do to my DMs

#it's such a touchy area for me mentally that i just don't wanna think abt it right now #n strangers in my phone do not know how to be normal abt boundaries #it would 100% be me being a pleasure sub tho #i wna make u happy n if getting railed makes that happen ill do it bb

[inkykeiji]

I feel like you'd like the show Tokyo Revengers. it's about gangs in Tokyo and honestly it gets me very in my feelings because theres a lot of tragedy involved within show. they also go very in detail about each characters back story without taking away from the general plot/idea behind the show. obviously no pressure to watch!!! I just figured id throw it out there cause it seems we have similar tastes in shows/books/characters/depth!

i’ve been recommended this anime a few times, actually!!! and i can totally see why; with the organized crime/gang aspect + supposedly well written characters it def seems up my alley (and i only say ‘supposedly’ because i haven’t watched/read any of the media and thus cannot judge for myself, but i’m not doubting that they’re well written!). but i looked into the plot a while ago and the time travelling aspect just completely turned me off of it. i’m really not into stuff like that >.< also,,, none of the characters piqued my interest except for maybe that dude with the neck tattoo??? and like black n blonde hair??? i dunno, but i kinda resolved that it probably isn’t for me :(

#it kinda sucks cause like #you’re right #i’d probably love it if it wasn’t focused on time travel #so ._. #more often than not time travel makes things extremely convoluted and it’s so unrealistic that i lose interest #maybe tokyo revengers is different idk!!!!! but from the summaries i read i was like ehhhhhhhhhh #sounds like too much of a gamble LMAO #i’m really weird like that when it comes to shows. like i’ll spoil the entire thing for myself just to make sure i know i’ll like it before #i begin #because it’s such a massive time commitment #idk if that makes sense but I HOPE IT DOES lmao #either way thank you for the rec anon bb!! <3 #if someone can tell me with full and complete honesty that the time travel in tokyo revenegers *isnt* incredibly convoluted them *maybe* i’d #give it a try #maybe #but it also heavily depends on how much mr neck tattoo is in it #i read his whole lil wiki page a while back but i can’t remember for the life of me what happens #just that he was like rly sadistic or something #and mentally ill #anyway i’m rambling #i hope tuesday treats you well bb!!! #stay safe n drink water! #inky.bb #clari gets mail

[katyspersonal]

Micolash’s ‘Can somebody, anybody, please look into my eyes?’ and Rom’s ‘I revolt both humanity and the divine, can anyone, anything, please accept me?’. I never realised how they are both absolutely alone in who they are (’: Having no choice but to build a “kind” of their own around themselves (Mico by making corpse marionettes and Rom by rebirthing humans into her spider Kin apparently)

#bloodborne #fandomry rambles #*sets the counter 'X days since I just utilised my pain and existencial trauma to write a BB character better' to 0 again* #i wish i could actually work on my problems instead of escaping into art and pouring my crisis into a morbid videogame character #like i said my priority is to either switch on part time job or go unemployed and literally hunt my food (gov won't help the mentally ill) #days off are just... not enough for me to recover energy at all #let alone having energy for absolutely insane shit like cooking my food or cleaning my room... i've hit critical point recently #i've been denied the light of sun since early july but i am denied the chill embrace of the shadow too now #(good luck deciphering my metaphors) #emptiness. solitude. no way out but to create sort of... conditions that fit my design...? #like misty lake hahaha #i am literally rom #no matter what sweet innocent 'dumb' child you see her as but... #seeing everything and being amalgam of every kind of superior creature in lore does... things to a person #only someone like her would be able to accept so much knowledge and not implode #i think she is called 'idiot' (or 'vacuous' in english version) because like... #anyone else with this sort of knowledge would either go insane or know how to use it to rewrite the universe itself #instead of just 'perceiving' all this knowledge and lay around like a lazy potato #only doing her part by hiding this knowledge from those that aren't ready but her barrier is- #-penetrable because with enough insight you can still see through her concealment #she doesn't mind you see messed up secrets if you want them so much just don't rope unprepared people into it too

[bignutspatrol]

ive been picking apart my brain for like an hour now and i came to the funniest fucking realization: ive been tempted lately to make bombs for the thrill of it (no actual reason to use them for the record. i am not going to make bombs. I am not going to use bombs. etc.) because. my mentally ill ass has been less mentally ill and I'm not used to my emotions not being super fucked up and everywhere constantly

#personnel files #i can be a manic pixie girl even when im NOT being super mentally ill #apparently #anyways does anyone have some healthy thrilling thigns to do. that dont involve explosives. #maybe i should get a bbgun and go nuts or something #though trying to recover my bbs after shooting them in my forest. ew. bad. forest would be mad if i missed one. #no wonder all of my impulses lately have been so extreme lol #worst part of getting better: its not fuckign fun. its so not fucking fun. not just because 'oh its hard' but because its just fuckign bori #like yes it was so awful before. but also oh my god? that emotional rollercoaster.... ohoho..oho. hoho. #RIP my dopamine receptors. ive started fucking doing 5 things at once just to feel Mild satisfaction... #podcast/video + game 1 + game 2 + game 3 + chat #im not even good when multitasking like this. my rank is so far down. it is so bad.

[senatorraines]

top 5 adrian moments?

okay so u want to me to go feral . that's fine KSKSJDBDBDBDMKDDK

under the cut because no one needs to be subjected to this level of mental illness unwillingly

ask me my top five anything!

these are in no particular order expect the first one bc OF COURSE

1. love bridge scene/dancing on the boat/etc. - im sorry this altered in the chemicals in my brain like ????? he is SO in love with mc IT'S SICKENING AND THE SLIGHT MENTION OF ETERNITY LIKE THEY PUT CRACK IN THIS SHIT !!!!!!!! like it is my favorite diamond scene EVER we get "adoring smile on his face as he gazes as you" "and yet ur the most beautiful thing here" "i thought u didn't know abt the love bridge" "i just wanted to hear it from ur lips. what do you think, shall we?" AND "to our eternity "eternity can mean something very different to u than it does to me" ANDDDDDDD THIS:

like they r everything to me and thank u for giving me an excuse to talk abt this scene bc it is simply thee BEST

2. NOT HER NEVER HER 🥰😍😋🤩🥺😁💗 - LIKE IM SORRY I THINK ADRIAN IS ALLOWED TO GO JUST A BIT APESHIT FOR THE SAKE OF MC ! and when he does there is simply nothing else like it i fear ! i won't get into how we were robbed of dark!adrian and how book 2 was literally building up to that bc i would like to stay sane but this scene is everything n then some ! (also the parallel of mc wrapping her arms around him and being like "come back to me" to in the book 3 finale when mc possesses rheya's power and adrian says "i love you come back to me" LIKE MY GOD)

3. adrian taking the serum and spending the day with mc - it's just so cute 🥺💗 like that's my man! and these descriptions:

the writers WANTED me to fall in love with him and it worked! also in book 3 when u can invite him to mc's dream sequence and he actually really feels the sun on his face for the first time in 200+ years 🥺 i love him sm

4. adrian injecting all of the serum and jumping out the window with mc - THIS SCENE IS INSANE LIKE WHEN THE BB SCENES HIT THEY HIT !!!!!!! like come on:

he was so sexy for this and also the description of adrian popping his bones back into place ❤️ hehe

5. mc dying - EVERYBODY MOVED !!! LIVES WERE CHANGED !!! MINE ESPECIALLY !!! WHEN HE'S HOLDING MC IN HIS ARMS AND SHE'S BLEEDING OUT AND HE'S CRYING AND THEN HE HITS U WITH THE "you're the best thing to happen to me in 200 years" !!!!!!! THEY PUT CRACK IN THE BB2 FINALE BUT THAT LAST SCENE SPECIFICALLY LIKE I ALWAYS START SOBBING and then we get the mc fang cg and all is well again ❤️ KSJSNDBDNDKSK

#okay first of all tumblr is toriphobic bc it literally did not save this ask and i had finished it so i had to rewrite half of this KSJDBDN #but anyways! #ask #starlessvoids #thank u for the ask sarah it was so fun to go through my bb screens and try n pick my top 5 bc it was SO HARD #honorable mentions to you're my eternity #when adrian snaps that freak's neck for locking the gang in cages #when he finds mc alive #our proper ily scene #I FIGHT FOR HER #AND OFC FOR THE 5 SECONDS THAT HE IS SENATOR RAINES BC 🤩🤩🤩 #anyway im mentally ill this ask is proof #sorry if u wanted a coherent response i just cannot be normal abt him he's my pookie fr

[autism-corner]

big day for jace 6=w=9

#(reference to musical podcast '36 questions')(replacing my name for jace's doesnt feel like im doing him enough justice o7) #anyway i had my last appointment with my therapist today!!! YAY ig. #idk im not good with officially closing things off i like to let them fade out slowly. #so i dont think ill be reading the card she wrote me Y-Y i want to but it feels too real. yaknow. #(i also still have the shirt from our graduation party where we all wore white and wrote on eachother. i have not read it. its been 2 years #augh this is good tho im very glad im doing better =w=bb #plus im still talking to other mental health people but theyre just more casual and a bit less often etcetc. yay #ALSO #i mended my first proper piece of clothing today!! i made a lil hole in one of our shared workshirts and wanted to fix it and i did!! #ive sewn a bit before and right before i did the shirt i fixed a bit of a seam that had sprung in one of my joggers but. #this was the first thingy that wasnt like a seam or anything!!! and it will be worn in proper public!! #im not saying its a perfect job but i dont think its too bad at all <3 #sillyposting #YAYYYAYY #augh only thing left today is do some reading homework but i really dont wanna..... #gotta keep the little treat in mind....

[hobies-gf]

On top 💭🕷️ hobie x fem reader

★ CW riding, cream pie, dirty talk, overstimulation, degradation, a little bit of praise ★ NOTES havent written anything in so long but im back now bbs, i promise ill post more

Riding Hobie always had it perks. You felt him deeper this way and he just loved to ogle at your breasts as you used him for your own pleasure.

Most times Hobie strayed away from this position, always preferring to give you what you want hard and rough till the bed shakes — but when you do get him into this position he can’t complain.

“Fuck baby, y’so wet all over me, nasty pussy can’ stop purrin’.” He groaned, throwing his head back and exposing his adam’s apple in the process.

You were bouncing on Hobie’s cock feverishly, palms on his chest and thighs burning. The constant sounds of wet skin clapping and clicking noises from just how much slick and cum had leaked out of your cunt filled the room and it was just so nasty that it only got you craving for more.

Hobie’s eyes were rolled all the way back into his skull, his hands shaking as he gripped you forcefully, pulling your hips down every time you lifted up. It was lewd, animalistic, but after cumming so many times neither of you cared enough to feel an ounce of shame.

You weren’t in any better state. You were drunk over the feeling off Hobie’s tip abusing the deepest parts of your pussy, clenching down on him just to feel the veins on his cock a little better. Drool leaking out the sides of your mouth, mind so fucked with pleasure that you didn’t even have the thought of ever closing your mouth. Yet you continued to bounce and bounce on his cock.

“Needy puppy, fuckin’ ‘erself stupid on my cock.” Hobie grunted. He planted his feet firmly on the bed and began thrusting up into you, his large hands holding you down by the hips. You cried out helplessly, your back arching painfully as you experience this entirely new wave of pleasure. It was too much, but with the way your tongue fell out from your mouth, Hobie only pounded into you harder.

“Like a bitch in heat.” He laughed. He laughed and it was really so annoying that he had the capabilities to make fun of you when you were a complete, fucked out mess on top of him.

"Ho — Hobie! S'too much!" You squealed.

You wrap your hands around his wrists and try to push him away because every sticky thrust had your thoughts fucked out of your mind and you wanted so desperately to keep yourself together somehow. But Hobie was so mean. So mean with the way he just laughs again and shakes his head. He flips the position and suddenly your back is on the mattress, knees right by your head and the squelching of his fat cock bullying it's way into your cunt only gets louder.

"Oh fuckfuckfuck — daddy s'too much, please please!" You look down and watch as Hobie continues to fuck into your messy cunt at a bruising pace. Lines of slick constantly breaking from his hips and your cunt every time he pulled away. His cock covered in your cum and it was all just so dirty.

"C'mon baby, cream on daddy's cock — mmh yeah, y'can do it, give it t'me nice and good." Hobie groaned. He slowed down a little but only to fuck you with deeper strokes. The tip of his cock pushed out parts of your belly and you could faintly see the outline of his dick through your skin. "Make a mess on this cock puppy — be fuckin' nasty with it."

Your breath was caught in your throat, head tilted back, back arched and eyes squeezed shut. It was too much, too many times did you come tonight — but were you really in a place to complain when your hips started to fuck back against Hobie's thrusts? Your body was so dirty, eager for pleasure when mentally you were completely gone.

The knot in your tummy quickly made itself known and you began thrashing on the bed, pathetic whines pushed out of you every time Hobie pushed his hips flush against yours.

"'M gu— gunna cum." You sniffle, and Hobie thinks you look all too pretty, all too angelic for a situation like this. Pussy fucked, filled and stretched with all his cum. Legs lewdly spread, and your cute breasts bouncing every time he pushed in. His dirtiest angel.

"Cum baby, 'n scream m'name when ya do."

Your cunt tightened up around his cock and with a few more thrusts you creamed all over his dick like he asked, "Hobie!" Your eyes rolled into the back of your head and you choke up a little, hands flying up to press your nails into Hobie's skin.

"Yeah, that's right pretty." Hobie moaned, his release soon following after as if your climax served as a catalyst for his own. You feel his warm cum fill you up for the last time for the evening, adding more to other loads Hobie had dumped into you. It was overflowing now and he clicked his tongue disapprovingly when he saw his cum spill out of your pussy as he pulled out.

“Bred y’so well hm?” Hobie brought up two fingers and fucked all the cum back in you slowly, your quiet cries do nothing to stop him.

You were tired out, exhausted and limp on the bed — only for your eyes to widen when you feel the fat tip of Hobie’s cock press up against your entrance, “One last round?”

#hobie brown #hobie smut #hobie brown smut #hobie x reader smut

[kingmaximusboltagon]

i kinda wish they kept exploring/expanded upon the idea that "madness" ran in the family. FF mentioned that ahura had bad days, and i know there's a few issues that depict bb having something when the tuning fork breaks (though i havent read these so i dont know what exact symptoms hes given)

i kinda wish there was more on agon with it. if illness really does have a genetic link with the boltagons, was he considered "mad" as well? was he able to hide it better? did it have any affect on his decision to expose bb and max to terrigen so early? could he possibly have been trying to prevent them from inheriting it?

some comics say maximus had signs from before bb was even let out. did agon and/or rydna know? did they do anything? oafk makes it seem like he only received any form of support after his parents died (and even that was practically nothing), and many comics don't show him getting any help at all.

was agon just ignoring it? trying to hide it? was it just another thing he told maximus to not speak about? did he receive any (placebo) medication himself?

#i feel like its one of those things the comics reference a lot #but never really go into #theres never any resolve for how attilan treats mental illness or trauma victims #royals just kind of had maximus 'cured' and then. doti. #bb having something similar to maximus seems to be mostly retconned out at this point #or at least just never really acknowledged #and the tuning fork seems to have no bearing on it whatsoever #ahura seems to be the only one that received genuine support from his family and 99% of it happens offscreen #and tbh im not sure if ahura even *had* any issues before being thrown in prison and abandoned and isolated from his loved ones #it seems more like the genetic council feared he *might* turn out like max and then traumatized him #idk. thinking out loud here #i would love some more agon/rynda centered comics. or some more baby bb + max comics #im so curious over those two and their terrible decisions!! i want to know more marvel!! #inhumans #king agon #queen rydna #blackagar boltagon #maximus boltagon #ahura boltagon

[agoddamneddelight]

ok i finally got around to listening to the 1st ep of the new sherlock and co. podcast and here are some things:

- watson is just Such a pathetic-loser-podcast-guy. obsessed

- holmes has diagnosed adhd <3 i’m so happy for him. they’ve made him so so clearly mentally ill i love it

-they’ve honored holmes and watsons respective mental illnesses :)

- “i think he must be a very good… dermatologist??” so close bb

- the intermittent waking up in the middle of the night to record how insane holmes is being sequence

- they’re agent assumed they only needed one bedroom. im begging you to not do the gross queerbait thing. please 🙏

#sherlock & co #i’m gonna listen to the rest soon!! i have to savor it #you understand #sherlock holmes #what if i live blogged me listening to the rest #👀 #stay tuned #toby talks

[inkykeiji]

uhhhhh... clari you REALLY blew me away with that kazutora piece. it was different than your other fics but in a good gross way and I love it 🍓🍓🍓 is he a virgin in this piece or just that its been 5 years that he cant control himself?

STRAWBERRYYYY BABIE THANK U SO MUCH!!!!! omg i’m so HAPPY to hear that you liked it!!! <333 i really enjoyed writing that piece, i think kazutora is such an interesting character and i have such a huge soft spot for him <33 he was a virgin in that piece as well!! the lore there is that reader is the only one in his life who continuously and consistently visits him in prison all throughout the ten years he’s locked away, and he ends up developing a huge crush on her—feelings she eventually returns. they become very, very close, and by the time he’s finally released and he can have his hands all over her without the chains and the shackles, he’s about to burst out of his skin <3 bUT ALSO LMAO i just genuinely headcanon kazutora as a total sex maniac, like borderline addiction, he jerks off like it’s his day job, he’s got insane stamina and a next-to-nothing refraction period bcoz of it <3

i also think that like,, the more attention you pay to kazutora, the more it pays off. he falls in love with you, becomes borderline obsessed with you, the more you give him attention, kindness, and love. he returns it tenfold <3 also that piece would be set in the bonten timeline, basically!

#inky.queue #HE'S SO CUTEEEE I SOB #I LOVE HIM SO MUCH STRAWBERRY U DONT UNDERSTAAAAAND #THE THINGS I WOULD DO FOR HIM #OH #SO GROSS I'D BE SO GROSS FOR HIM <3333333333 #he's really sweet and he's very rapidly become a comfort character fr me #because i just #yeah let's go be bitter about happy families tora <3 #and then lets get help for all our mental illnesses and be better people #he's just #ugh <33333333 the loml #SOOOOO SO SO HAPPY U LIKED IT THO EEEEEE #i wanna write more for him!!!! #and for tora-nii in particular <3 #my boyfriend was like 'wow you've gone from touya-nii to tora-nii;;; v similar' and i was like LMAO #but tora-nii is a sweetie!!!!! touya-nii is >:) a handsome devil (literally) #anyway i'm rambling #kazutora turns my brain to mush i loveeeee him #i hope ur doing well bb!!! <333 #sending lots of love n health ur way! enjoy ur weekend!! #inky.kazutora #tora nii universe #bcoz i feel like this is gonna be a full blown AU hehehe #🍓.anon #clari gets mail #tw:pseudocest

[bonefall]

are there any bb!cats with schizophrenia or that regularly experience psychosis? people absolutely suck about mental illness so like. seeing characters like me going thru life and being treated like people and not monsters for something out of their control never fails to put a smile on my face! thank you for all the research and effort you put into making sure your disabled cats are not only believable but human. pd: cinderheart with bpd is an extremely based headcanon

Not yet but it's on my radar, plus NPD. The reason why I feel so unflappably confident with BPD is because I know and love people who have it, and I hate that I don't see any characters who are like them! So I feel like I'm really good at handling it, and knowing what's wanted in portrayals of it. It feels very personally important to me.

Pair that with the fact I write BB!Clans as canonically struggling with ableism and all these being so heavily stigmatized irl, I've gotta be REALLY careful with NPD and psychosis. I'm less connected to them so personally and I don't want to accidentally strike a nerve, you get me?

That said... I got an ask a while back that I'd been thinking about a lot, basically asking me about how Clan Culture would see psychosis in the first place. I've actually always been fascinated by how deeply schizophrenia is affected by the culture of the afflicted, so I've been idly thinking about that for a while without sharing those thoughts.

OH WAIT hangon let me explain some stuff about Schizophrenia and psychosis for people in the audience!!

Schizophrenia used to be diagnosed in subtypes before 2013. This is no longer accurate! A lot like Autism, it's a spectrum of symptoms that affect people differently. It's a cognitive disorder that messes with rational and organized thinking, and that can express in all sorts of ways.

One of the symptoms is hallucinations. It's The Famous symptom of it, but it's not actually something you NEED to have to be Schizophrenic. Not all people who are having hallucinations or delusions are Schizophrenic, either! I want to include an OCD character of some kind who experiences some mild auditory hallucinations, actually. The type where it's just random mumbling.

Delusions and hallucinations aren't the same thing Delusions are false beliefs and hallucinations are false experiences. An example of a delusion is, "If I don't click my pen three times, my family will die." An example of a hallucination is hearing voices.

PEOPLE WITH PSYCHOSIS ARE FAR MORE LIKELY TO BE THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE THAN TO COMMIT IT Feel like this is common knowledge in this space, and especially within my own following since I make a lot of art about mental illness and awareness, but it's always worth repeating.

So anyway

If you compare psychosis between cultures, you actually end up seeing VERY different expressions of the hallucinations. For example, in some cultures, voice hallucinations tend to say things that are negative or abusive, while other cultures hear significantly more positive, playful voices.

This doesn't mean that they're always less distressing. For example, the study above points out that Nigerian students (reported to hear lots of playful hallucinations) experience as much distress as Dutch students (tend to experience negative, abusive voices) during their psychotic episodes.

Still, there does seem to be a correlation with "less distress" and cultures that encourage psychotic people to see their hallucinations as positive, personal things. Even more interestingly, distress seems to be correlated with income and individualism in a culture.

But it doesn't stop there, the findings are fascinating.

Delusions of grandeur are rare in societies that discourage that sort of social mobility, reflecting social values.

Cultures that believe religious experiences are specific experiences-- like certain smells, temperatures, or sounds, will see those reflected in psychotic episodes

Yet, "voices" seem to be something seen across ALL cultures studied. Though some have more prevalence of random sounds and mumbling than others, they all share some expression of "voices that say stuff."

SO all that to say-- if I include psychosis it's definitely going to be trying to take the culture of each Clan into account, and I need to do a lot more research into what sorts of things people with schizophrenia and various types of psychosis want to see more often.

#psychosis #neurodivergence #bone babble