Mental Illness Guide

ok so like this is a guide for making mentally ill characters by moemuroo/petitpanda
primarily targetted to the Hope's Peak Academy roleplay group

You've finally made a character. After all of making his/her/their/whatever's physique, features, (freckles, etc.) hair colour, you just have one thing left. If you want to make them with anxiety/PTSD/etc. These guides are do and don't's for anyone who doesn't experience a disorder theirselves, or simply want a touch of realism. We'll first start with depression, as that's a commonly used one.

Depression - Depression is a very serious issue, being tired and sluggish, and having a loss of interest in activites, usually following along with low self-esteem. Depressed persons usually think things over and over, such as self hate and guilt, Self-neglect too.
out-of-order eating habits, oversleeping, and making rooms (in danganronpa, in this case, dorms,) a huge mess.

OCD- OCD, other common one. The most known example of it are checking things over and over, obsessions, such as washing hands over and over, checking if the lights are on and flicking them, and only eating food if arranged in a certain order. OCD has different focusing obsessions, such as germs (handwashing, more common.) Neatness (complusive hair brushing/combing)

PTSD- PTSD stems from an event, such as being in warfare (y'all are highschoolers.), rape, (oh god) and any assault-based trauma can cause PTSD more likely than witnessing, but however, it can still happen. Survivor's guilt is also common, feeling guilty being the only one alive. Flashbacks, avoidance of places that are reminders, being jumpy, depression and anxiety, and delusions.

This is what I use after each chapter for my character.

1. Disbelief
2. Grief
3. Fear
4.Guilt
5. Despair
6. Acceptance (i choose suicide in Acceptance when messaged "wanna kill"