@QueenieCalista My opinion is that, if you’re not purposely doing it, then I wouldn’t snap at you for it, but this seems it’s making you uncomfortable. Now, if it was only that both the person and your character had brown eyes and black shoes, that would be something else—but if your gut says this mental-health-similarities deal isn’t a good thing, maybe just step back a bit. Perhaps, if the character has a similar experience to the real person, make the character take it differently—such as being angry instead of sad, or cold and snappish instead of vulnerable.
