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Inspired by one of ~alaska-is-a-husky's stamps.

People assign all sorts of mental & emotional disorders to their OCs with no idea about what it means. Depression does take a back seat to partying. ADHD affects hobbies and emergencies just as severely as they affect homework. Eating disorders can have long-term effects that linger even after the disorder itself has been controlled. Obsessive-compulsives can have severe anxiety attacks if their "rules" aren't followed.

Unspecified disorders are fine, but if you're going to say it's a specific disorder, then the symptoms should be consistent.

On the other hand, hypochondriacs probably shouldn't research these things too thoroughly...

As with a few of my other stamps, yes, this is something I've been guilty of in the past as well. I now have considerably fewer characters with specific disorders. Partly because I keep convincing myself I have everything I research, partly because I'm just lazy as a writer.
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~TheDisgusticifiedOne 1 day ago  Hobbyist General Artist
I actually am writing a book in which magical creatures have mental and neurological problems and I've gotten so far into my reasearch that I've associated different conditions with certain kinds of creature. I've noticed different trends with the stuff and I'm trying to make the universe make as much sense as possible.
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~Idontknowwhoyouknow May 11, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
DOES ANYBODY DO ANY RESEARCH AT ALLL?! (Caps Lock broke.)
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~MinZki Apr 4, 2013  Student Traditional Artist
Whenever I create an OC with disorder, I go trough hell a lot of pages of the internet and ask stuff from my mom before starting to create it.
I think it's a bit offensive to create and OC with disorder if you do not know ANYTHING about the disorder itself
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~AngeloDellaMusica Mar 27, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I completely agree.
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Mood: Joy *Gedeminas-Bakutiene Mar 26, 2013  Student General Artist
I agree with this.
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~Anime-Luvr-Girl12316 Jul 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Well, I've heard of a few OCs which have a certain disorder function normally, much like my OC, who has a neurological disorder, but tries hard to act like a normal person without it.
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*CassidyPeterson Jul 24, 2012
Oh, yes, if they've got a disorder they're capable of masking, that's fine. It's when they've got a disorder that doesn't affect them at all despite the disorder being defined by its effects that there's a problem.
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~NotTheSameKid Feb 28, 2011   Writer
Gagh, this annoys me so much. I have severe OCD - and yes, it has been confirmed by psychologists that I definitely have OCD as a form of anxiety, as well as general anxiety - and it annoys me so much when people say "OH REALLY I HAVE THAT TOO HAHAHA" when honestly, they have no idea what that even means. I'm not saying everyone is a lier, but for instance, one person said to me "I HAVE OCD BECAUSE I CRY A LOT." and I'm like...you do realize that OCD is severe perfectionism as well as other things such as repetitive actions...it's not crying. And they are all like "YAH BUT IM SUUURE I HAV IT. I DIAGNOZED MYSELF."
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*CassidyPeterson Feb 28, 2011
I also used to have a customer with OCD who would request that I seal his bags with the store's logo stickers - one to keep each corner down, one in the center to keep anything from wiggling out, and they all had to be facing the same way. He also refused to take nickels, dimes, or pennies, so almost every time he paid in cash he'd leave some of his change behind.
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~NotTheSameKid Feb 28, 2011   Writer
Oh wow. That's pretty bad...when things are off center for me, I just try to fix it if I can, then try not to stare at it and I close my eyes while concentrating on breathing, and imagine it being perfect. I kind of have to deal, which is why I've been in therapy for a while, because my parents like having things off center. I don't need them to all be straight, but everything has to be angled in a certain way.
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