I just realized i can ask on here: any writing tips for characters with psychosis?

Rambles/ context/ art of her after break because im very long winded

I could just talk to irl friend/s but im too shy and this will have better reach anyways.

I have an OC with psychosis (schizoaffective disorder) and id like tips for writing her respectfully and accurately as possible.

I tried for awhile to find resources online but most “how to write characters with psychosis” is specific to horror media which… what?

Anyway, Charlotte was my first OC which was originally made in middle school. So obviously shes gone through a lot of rewrites as i got better with writing and better understood myself and the world around me. Originally she just had undefined mental illness since at the time i had a very vague understanding of it at the time due to being like 12.

Heres a recent drawing of her (she/ they btw). I will field some questions about her please interact with me what who said that?

New story talk time :D featuring art wrow. mostly tlking bout the charactwrs for now but badically They're all a bunch of high schoolers who are friends and get lost in the woods one night. Basically rhe woods actually houses this massive parasitic monster that's trying to eat them, it can send out different fragments- there are these wolf things that are it's anger, all the birds in the forest are its ears, etc. It's fun cus in the end they realize that even the things they thought were safe are monstrous- its like if in dnd u were relieved to defeat a mimic grate in a sewer system only to find out the whole sewer system is one big mimic yknow. but ya still, this post is just silly character things

also the characters are all based off discord bots because the discord server fixation grind don’t stop 💪

Care

She/they/it/love/ probably more neos, will have to search or yall can suggest

The only one I have art of so far, here ya go

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Token backpack wearer

Mom and therapist friend

Forgets to eat, which is why they always carry snacks, water, etc

Sjw/pos

Pan and demi

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Fred

He/him ey/em, any pronouns

Always carries around a recorder and a phone for music and recording audio logs (along with recording any neat sounds they find, just because stimmy but also for potentially using in their own music)

Typically low on sleep (insomniac unpog) but is thus always the friend to call if u need company after ur 1 am breakdown

Always wears big hoodies

The kind of friend you go to if you need someone to just hang out without talking, yknow? Just generally chill.

Goes on walks every morning, u can always come walk by him without being forced to converse ifs that's the friend you need

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PK

Mainly it/its but also she/they and neos

Socially anxious host of the Kit system

Best friends with tupper

Typically the more nervous one of the group, but is very creative

Has maladaptive daydreamer swag, L

Basically has no friends outside of the other bots, incredibly awkward around all of its friends friends

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YAGPDB

no pronouns

Introject of the YAGPDB bot in the Kit system, is a robot

No emotions, steps in to the front in high stress situations to calm the body and get to safety

Has a tendency to just Ignore People if they're not necessary to talk to, was informed this was rude but still does not make an effort to talk to others unless they talk to them first. Is one of the only people Fred will talk to out of nowhere cus he knows it's not that yag doesn't want to talk yag just Won't unless talked to first

In general though spends a lot of the front time just sitting silently next to Fred lol

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Birthday

He/him

Just a little guy!!! Mood booster and little in the Kit system, always thinks it's his birthday or someone else's

I dont think he understands what a birthday is but he's having a good time. Should not be allowed in the body at stores he will buy cupcakes (thats a joke, cupcakes trigger him to cofront if the body sees cupcakes cupcakes are being bought)

Dumb as rocks, has no idea what is going on /pos

Very nice and outgoing to everyone :D just a pal! Happy birthday!

Not gonna talk abt them for now but poketwo is also an alter in the kit system, PK, YAG, and birthday are just the most frequent fronters in social situations so their who we get to hear abt /lh

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Tupper

?/eye/cryp/lost/■/deer

PK's imaginary friend who may or may not actually be a monster fragment (lil spirit from the woods sent as a part of the forest as an entity- Tupper is the eyes)

Silly but very sweet shapeshifter, mostly turns into animals and A human form

Pretty much always with PK but tends to run and hide when YAG is out, ? can decide who sees them but can't really discriminate between people in the same body so ? has to go full squirrel mode and get outta there

Likes to help people who are having identity troublea by appearing to them and helping them, though ? doesnt tell PK abt this cus ? still needs to pretend to be ~imaginary~

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thats rhe charavters, heres da rest of the rambling featuring more art

Thinking abt giving the kit system a gir hoodie as their main outfit /pos With way too big sleeves, yag just let's them hang off like they're not even there, birthday flaps them around cus happy stim go brrr!! Pk like tugs on the sleeves cus nervous stim, and is also constantly having to pull them up awkwardly to do stuff only for them to falk back down or be tugged back down

OHG ALSO. They take bad care of their hair (birthday tugs on it, pk fidgets with jt alot and has it in a hood otherwise) so care brushes it for them :ooo: pk won't let them cus she doesn't like people touching them, but the others do, love usually tries to sneak in taking care of the Kit system when yag is fronting cus yag always wants to keep the body healthy so care can just go "hey drink this water eat this snack sit in the sun lemme brush ur hair take a shower" and yag will just go "Ok." it's the easiest time care has taking care of anyone

Poke also likes to infodump to care while they brush its hair :D

PFF ALSO

Care: pl…please…. just brush ur hair….. let me take care of it at least…. please…..

Pk, straightening their incredibly matted, knotted, and damaged hair: no

I'm a pk scene kid truther tbh, I think it deserves it yknowI'm a pk scene kid truther tbh, I think it deserves it yknow

Fred is equally hard to take care of, like he'll eat but ask em to sleep at a reasonable hour and "no 🥰" ahskehfjtkg

Naurr u hear the piercings on the floor sound at school and Fred and Pk just stare at each other panicked like. Was that you or was that me. WAS THAT YOU OR WAS THAT ME-

Also quote from my friend redstone whihc is Correct ”for some reason i keep imagining Fred as someone that just wears sweet pants and the same jacket for a week straight. the periodically, he just, goes all out with how he dresses. just picks a random aesthetic and they match it perfectly”

anyways bak to ME quotes

Thinking about Disease /pos. Yes I could just have them be a silly little horror one shot but the idea of them all being effected by whatever it is that created the monster once they leave the forest is funky, not superheroes more just, they enter human and exit something not quite.

I'm just imagining u shine a flashlight at fred who's in the fridge in the middle of the night and hums eyes are quite literally reflective like a cat ttashjejf

Also the idea of carebot being subtley horrifying brings my heart joy, Nice characters being just slightly off is a trope that fucks I'm right /pos

Tupper is already hella off so no change there ahiebeirto

OO. FRED WIF GLOWING FRECKLES…. Fred who emits weird frequencies and can take over radio waves without any technology. I just think it would be fun with his audio theme! And ey could just like. Project music into their friends houses ahwjehdjfg

This is basically Fred at YAG

Am I gonna make Fred incredibly objectum?? Who's to say yknow who's to say, all I know is Fred really loves YAG and yag, can't exactly feel love, but still understands Fred as a positive influence and someone of high priority to protect

(Abt fred) Major autism haver. Very light sensitive, actually always carries a case with prescription sunglasses (sometimes has care carry it tho)

Thinking about pk actively making an effort to get their whole arm decked up in kandi despite always wearing that sweater with the sleeves too big for them

Diaa hey sorry I'm back in your inbox again😅 but I needed to sort my deluluness to someone🤧 ok so I was searching Dark moon on Pinterest right?🙂 And somehow I came through those pictures from the episode where Heli was with Sooha on the tree and was kissing her neck/shoulder...🥹🥹 Like– why am I even jealous of a fictional character😭😭 (Btw tysmm for trying to write my request🥺🥺)

(*whisper* oh and just wanted to ask if Minea ever got jealous of Heli and Sooha?🤨😶‍🌫️🤭)

Hehe well that's all thx again Diaa🥺🥺🥺

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LAKSKS STOP I REMNEBER SEEING THAT AND WAS LIKE GASP 🫣 bc was this allowed?? 👀👀👀 naur but like i know so many ppl who were jealous of the fictional character— I mean as long as you’re not being unreasonable and throwing a fit then no judgement here 🤣🤣 but honestly me personally…. fictional sooha is one thing… but irl sooha?? that girl is so beautiful like ugh 🌸🌸✨ (she’s also so tall to like wit??)

BUT ANYWAY!! to answer your question: yes!! minea does in fact get jealous of sooha a lot!! in her head, she sees a girl who came out of nowhere and is “stealing” her friends a way, so she does end up being very envious. people might call her charactwr a “pick me” in the webtoon, but part of her character development is that she lets sooha into the group and even protects her on multiple occasions ✨✨

but awwww you’re welcome!! thank you for dropping in!! 🌸💖

Nia for the character ask.

I assume you mean the most recent one so that's the one I'm gonna be answering.

Honestly when I was younger I ADORED her,, she was so cool and badass and looking back on it it was probably a crush skfnsjdj. Shes an amazing and strong charactwr and the love triangle did her DIRTY

The only people I ship with Nya romantically are Jay, Pixal and Skylor. They all just make sense for different reasons for me lol.

Platonically I am a massive fan of braincell shipping, it's so easy to imagine the redt of the group doing something incredibly stupid and these two watching on dissapointedly but also with a bit of humour bc they are THEIR idiots goddammit.

I'm not sure how unpopular this opinion is, but ever since the movie happened Nya seems to have been forced into the Strong Female Character™ archetype and I do not like it. One of the things that was so great about Nya initially was that even though she was feminine and enjoyed traditionally feminine things she was still a badass and could beat all the guys in combat. But now she seems sort of dry and all the character building done because of season 6 has been,, wiped. Barely does she show signs she loves Jay and that hurts because of how ridiculously in love Jay is.

One thing I wish would or had happened,,,, probably either Wu telling her she was the master of water before season 5 (ideally during season 1) or her hanging out with the rest of the ninja a lot more outside of Kai and Jay. It's unfair to her that she had to deal with her feelings of inferiority for who knows how long before the creation of Samurai X when she could of easily been a part of the team from the get go.

A quick summary of my 16 years of life Untill 4 grade i was a "normal" child.i had friend and such.i was really joyfull to the point of weirdness.but in 5 grade i switched school for the first time It was a really bad school.i was constantly asaulted by kids between twice smaller and bigger than me.i wasn't used to anythinf like this.i was constantly crying and my mum was picking me up from school I was not as joyfull anymore but i kept my weirdness leading to me being uterly alone One day it clicked me And the next time the same bully tried harassing me i went ballistic and decked the fucker down I started getting used to this.i got friends I only fought for my and my friends protection I however did not establish a deep bond with the 3 closest people to me When i moved in 6 grade they cried for me I did too but deep inside I didn't care.i wasnr atached I however had let my hair grow long because i saw a boy with long hair and i liked it(i am aswell a boy) I got alot of harasmenr in 6 grade for my looks but got through 7 and 8 grade i was Yet again i. A new school.a private school This is a important moment as the friends i got here were the most permanent Both years i was generally a really friendly kid .more than half of all the classes were my friends.my class being really close to me.i however increased my weirdness and unpredictable charactwr in the sort od randomly slapping my friends Being energetic I was a medium height kid but really thin.i didn't enjoy fighting when it ocured but i didn't back down due to my ego.i did however earn some reputation as insane because i went batshit if someone hit me My friends all relied on me for emotional help and life advice and i was vakked a professional psychologist by many I am actually not full of self esteem but i always act like it.i laugh easily and am hard to offend Fast forwars to now 9 grade I moved again to another school All my friends missed me I just regreted not having as many people to talk to but didn't really feel attachment.just lack of entertainment In my new school I overdosed coffee on my first day and made the worst impression evver.still i cant get the ckass to like me.just because it is good for my intentions.not because i want them.more later I had All my life Dealt with a really shity environment My parrenrs fought and broke up 8 times just untill i was 7.i lost count after that.i was abused alot.i never felt anyone close to me I never shared as i didnt get through the problen easier no matter who helped What i felt was rhw definition of depression But i enjoyed ir I was independent from people and frienda Even if hell rose id still stand alone I felt good But 9 grade changed alot for me First off I was instantly a attraction amongst girls as i had grown to be 6'1.i had long slightly curly black hair which was the most liked thing in that school for some reason and i had started having a pretty decent physique due to working out And a lot of girls wenr for me My old friends told me to go for it But i didn't feel atractes to any of them Like.some were a perfect 10.but thats it.they might be pretty or sexy and even have a great personality But i wasn't atractes to girls I wasn't atractes to anyone really I didn't feel any affection of any sort except loyalty towards old friends and those who proved themselves But then i met a girl Lets call her. A She was extremely smart(i always liked smart people as they were more fun to play mind games with as they returned fire.in a friendly way ofc) She was really funny We were friends But she had something in her noone else had She was what i dreamth of in 7 grade The definition of soulmate We were the same She hugged me.i was unused to it She had a boy friend and i knew Bur she slowly started to like me I did aswell Which was new I had liked before.but this was different I actually felr her dear and important for me I cannot stress how much i lived for our chat and meetings After we started huging I burnt for hugging her I was entrapped We both confesed liking each other She kisses me once and then left as she was in ahurry I was shoked However si e days later i had a dream It was me and i.i told myself that i am weak I know how this will end.as does eveyrthing in life I yelled at myself that she is different Me.or what looked like mr said that she is a weakness to me i cannot afford I woke uo. But i knew that was true I sensed how ataches i had grown to her How much i cared But deep down i felt reality I told her i want it to end as i felt i was weak But she cried.it tore me inside I gave in We wenr on We were getting really close She started makinf out with me when we were alone I must stress rhat i NEVER initiated anything with her.she texted first and ended last She was going to break up with her bf for me On her initiative as well However A inside conflict apeared And i as always dealt with it alone for 2 weeks.i was detached from everyone in The meanwhile. When i finished however She was different And then she told me She taught i had sropped loving her(she was legit i was a total shit these 2 weeks) And her bf was over he startes making our and well They had sex She said she didn't want it but did enjoy it I broke down I was o. The verge of suicide for days Ihe came to pick her up and told me hi(we were friends) and because i always caries a knife for practical reasons Almost stabbed him I wanted to tell her i wanted it all to end but didnr know how to not hurt her One day i did She just took it and said she wanted as well I was slightly to say.shocked She just left me and wanted to leave I got worse Days later I realised i can't live without her I pleaded foe us to get back Quick story We did.it was all good She was however keeping her bf close As she was me We were getttinf closer Words of us havinf sex were excahnges I was really shy so ir was more of a "I wanr you inside me" She was legitly feeling me that way I was at a sleep over bur we didn't do shit.i was barely brave enough to fall asleep with my pants.we slept in one bed I was supposed to go again in april Ahw was enthusiastix enough and talkes about"that" enough to know what she was gonna do then However 2 weeks prior to April She started acting weird Whrn i kissed her she pushed me away and said she was Getting too horny or didn't wanr ir in public so noone can see us Howvwr2 i felt somethi f was off Day comes I wake up past the time i was supposed to go to hwr place I panic but no messages or calls In the eveninf she texts if i am angty at her for anythinf I loose it I learned fro. A source she incited her bf over and he slept there Guess what fucki f has happened.. I just loose it and break her off She again.says she acted that way because she wanted me to leave her so she didn't have to leave me and wanted to be friends I was however back in my old.psycho self 0 feelings except fucking hate I say i will anihilate her Shit goes on Fast forward I do t anihilate her as the last part of the loving me saves her.i could litteraly ruin her life. We started acrinf friendlier.i was uninterested i a. Friendship with her but she wantes it.we wenr our wirh a group Her eyes were always at me She wanted me to hug her but i always cut her off Fast forwars to abparty She gets drunk Confessed she still loves me it was all a mistake she cut me off becauae she felt like it was wrong I decide id give her a chance but risk no more I tell her to leave her bf She does so.he however thinjs she is just too drunk We decide to do it togheder the next day We dont.she says she doesn't want him. To be hurt and needa time alteadr two weeks to cut him off oai lesly I comply Later she wanrs a month I comply Then she wants 3 months I cut her off as it is getti f out of hand She was keepi f us both and was delaying f the inevitable She cries and goes suicidal I comforr her as best as i can.she is shocked how normal i acted when she told me the worst shit I gave her 3 months just so However i noticed she wasnt doing any damage to him.she was just enjoying havi g us both at the same time again.i get agitated I preasure her to do it She says that she nevwr said she was goi f to do it and she wantes 3 months to decide notbto do it I comfirm my fears.i say to her Now or never.me or him fuckig choose stop bei g a whore and stop playing She tries manipulatinf me sayi g that she wo t be with someone as psycho as me I say so beit You lied to me for the third time Thirds strike You are out This time you will hold your fucking words I say i will tell her bf(from now on Y) About eberything without savi f the details Unless she told him first I forced hwr to tell Y everythinf I laughed because she herself fucked it all up Fast forwards Y forgives wvwryrhinf becauae he is mad in love However A tried to hide that she still has him Says she is now single and feels lonely She wanrs2 ro get nack with me but wont say it Ive been betrayed too many times Burned by thw samw fire too many times She lost before she started What fuels me now is not fear of death or kust general curiosuty towarda life Ir2 is pure hatred towarda all that oposed me And i sweari in God and the Devil i will anihilate her and everythi f she loves for what she did to me.to Y and what she keeps on tryinf to do I was the perfect angel for her and now it is time to raise hell on fucking earth