Bipolar Disorder
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Stereotypes:
It has to be clean
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Not everyone with OCD is a “clean freak”. While it’s true that some people obsess with it having to be clean, it’s possible to just like things clean without having OCD. It becomes OCD when it’s very repetitive and disrupts normal life.
A common obsession is washing and rewashing hands, or checking locks/switches multiple times in a room. Many, if not most, people with OCD know/believe their obsessions are really not something they should worry about a lot, but they have little control of it.
Not following through with their obsession can cause very deep panic and trouble.
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If you want to learn more:
What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?
Clinical Depression
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Addiction to Self-Harm
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I hurt myself, therefore I’m Suicidal.
I always hurt myself using a knife.
I can stop whenever I feel like it.
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Not everyone who hurt themselves wants to die. A lot of people hurt themselves because the just want to feel something, or it temporarily fills a hole inside them. Many because they feel like they don’t have control, and hurting themselves gives them just a little bit back.
Once I was talking to a friend who use to scratch themselves. I remember asking them if it was worth it. I don’t remember fully what they said because it was a few years ago, but it was along the lines of “If you mean it fills the emptiness inside and makes me feel normal, then yes.” They moved, so I don’t know if their answer would have changed.
My own experience, I used to forced myself to stay awake. It made me feel in control of a life I thought I had zero say in what happened. Was it worth it? Yeah. It allowed me to get over my insomnia. There was a cost, though. When my sleep schedule gets messed up, it takes weeks to repair. So would I do it again? No.
There are many ways people hurt themselves. Self harm means anything you do to intentionally sabotage yourself. This can be anywhere from burning and cutting, to something as simple as not letting yourself sleep.
Self harm can become an addiction. There’s a reason why I have Sans as Addiction to Self-Harm. Like I said above, it does something that the person likes. And it can be hard to see the downside of it. It can become an addiction. You can’t just take an addiction away. It can destroy people further.
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Schizophrenia
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Frequently Asked Questions about Schizophrenia - Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBR Foundation)
Schizophrenia Progression - Lundbeck Institute
Bulimia
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(This is just something I’ve noticed in most illnesses/conditions, but I’m putting it here because I think about it most often with this) Most illnesses/conditions surface in teenagers and adolescents. Why? I’m sure hormones have to do with this, but as you reach adulthood, your parents are officially no longer in charge of keeping you fed and healthy. I think that’s why (more so with eating disorders) it happens around this age. Cause trust me, it’s hard to fast, diet, or binge eat when you have parents. Please don’t ask why I know that... So... That’s just what I’ve noticed. What do you think?
If you want to learn more:
Bulimia nervosa - Mayo Clinic
Anxiety Disorder
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Sleep Disorders
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CFS and Depression are the same.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Depression are not the same. However, they look very similar. The main difference is with depression, you have a loss of interest in activities you normally enjoy. CFS doesn't have this.
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If you want to learn more:
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Sleep Foundation
Childhood Abuse
Stereotypes:
Because I suffered from child abuse, I have PTSD
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By all means, they can. But not everyone does. If you and your sibling were abused, your sibling could get it and not you. Not only PTSD, but just about everything. Depression, not guaranteed. Anxiety, nope. Suicidal, definitely not.
Child Abuse is a serious problem, though.
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Stereotypes:
They don’t care about how they act
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They absolutely care how they act. I have a friend who suffers badly from ADHD. And he is constantly stressed because of how he often acts. He tries very hard to be “responsible” and “normal”. But it’s also very hard for him. Of course, that’s when he’s on his meds. But even when he wasn’t, we were at work, helping people, and I told him to be responsible he looked at me apologetically and said “I know, I’m trying.”
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If you want to learn more:
How to ADHD (YouTube Channel) Ah, I love this channel it has helped me so much in understanding my friends and in writing Muffet. If you don't want to watch everything but are still interested in learning about it, here are just a few of their videos that really help to explain ADHD How to (Explain) ADHD (and make sure to check out the description and pinned comment for even more explanations) The Problem with Masking ADHD and Autism (burnout, etc.)
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
Stereotypes:
Psychopaths are emotionless
Psychopaths don’t care about anyone but themselves
The Hollywood psychopath
All murders are psychopaths
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Psychopath is not an psychiatric term, nor is it a psychiatric diagnosis. It may or may not be a sub diagnosis for ASPD (more commonly known as Sociopathy), but that's still up for debate. I personally believe they are different, yet closely correlated.
Those with ASPD are not emotionless. They just don’t feel emotions as strong. However, most don’t see to feel fear. This often causes them to create a “mask” to fit in with society.
I don't have anything educational to correct this. This one is more belief than anything else.
Psychopaths shown in movies are VERY wrong. They aren’t insane. Most of them act like normal people.
Not all psychopaths are killers (very few actually are), and not all killers are psychopaths. You can have regular people be serial killers (bet that’s comforting to think about).
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If you want to learn more:
Psychopathy vs Sociopathy - Mental Health America
The Emotional Lives of Psychopaths - Psychology Today
My Life As a Psychopath - The Cut (not educationally confirmed)
Empath
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Please know that this is not a medical term! Nor is it a medical diagnosis!
What is an Empath. Have you ever heard of them?
An Empath is someone who has very high amounts of empathy. Often to the point of feeling other people's emotions. And it's often hard for them to tell if the emotions they feel belong to themselves, or to someone else.
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These are other characters who are not part of the main crew but are important enough to have their own designs.
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Jakxon Smith, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). He is only important is Specified!Nerurosistale, but will always be open for asks.
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(To be revealed), Suicidal. He is only important is Specified!Nerurosistale, but will always be open for asks.
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Kade(n) Istrigen, he is only important in Specified!Neurosistale. He is never open for asks.
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Temmie: Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)
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(Who do you think this should be?): Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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So I decided I want to have separate references for each of characters instead of grouping them in pairs/trios. For one main reason:
I would like to add references and better explanations. Which means please by all means, PLEASE tell me if I get something wrong. A lot of this is personal experience and I know that one case study is not enough to get a truly accurate description of these. It will have the tag NeurosisRefs. I’ll add it to the pinned post... And also this one.
These will be updated whenevertheheck I feel like it. Because my study interests change; like a few days ago I was interested in psychopathy... Actually that’s why I decided to do separate refs. It may take some time to get updated pictures out. I haven’t had a lot of motivation in the drawing department.
My name is Jada or JadaE, I’m female, pronouns are she/her.
I am not diagnosed with any mental illness/condition (I use these words interchangeably) even though I could as I identify strongly with some of these conditions. I mostly haven’t for personal reasons... Please please be careful in self-diagnosing. It’s quite dangerous to do. If you think you might have something, please talk to a doctor.
Enough about me.
Neurosistale was made to show people what certain illnesses actually are. I try not to use any stereotypes. The characters are quite vague in their personalities, symptoms, etc, which is used only to allow people to identify with the characters. Everyone has different symptoms so I try to keep it vague.
I've gone through so many versions and so many plans, story plots, character designs, and a whole bunch more and... I decided not to make a story for Neurosistale. However, the characters are always open for asks unless stated otherwise on their ref.
I guess the Neurosistale characters are going to be more of a support group than an AU. Feel free to talk to them and avoid anything too dark, because these will be shared with me and all of Tumblr.
And let's be honest here, I'm not a therapist. I haven't gone to school studying this stuff (other than PSY 1010). I'm going off the internet, books, YouTubers, and my own personal experiences. I'm only here wanting to help people.
There is, my own version of each of the characters in which they have actual personalities, symptoms, and detail. They also would have more specific subcategories of their illness (which may or may not make sense). I may refer to this version as Specified!Neurosistale
(Read below for links, schedules, and more info)
Characters' Stories (Specified!Neurosistale):
Neurosistale (Quotev)
Neurosistale (Wattpad)
For The Female Multiverse (FM)... The Authors' Note is the best explanation for it, just read that.
The Female Multiverse
This is something that I helped Taffy with, the FM belongs to Taffy (@mimi-ikfrea). She had the idea, I helped her with forming it into a story. This AU is not mine but I will answer most Asks about it.
Times are based on Mountain Standard/Daylight Time.
If I post anything, it'll be at 7:30am or 7:30pm
One last thing. I don't plan to post much that's not Neurosistale or The Female Multiverse. I'll have seven main tags, I'll put them below. Also, a note, SNT stands for Specified!Neurosistale.
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(Tag breakdowns)
This is the only post that contains ALL tags.
Neurosistale : Comics/stories/ideas of the Neurosistale characters.
SNT : Comics/stories/ideas of the Specified!Neurosistale characters, or, things that might happen but aren’t canon.
CanonSNT : Anything that would be canon in the Specified!Neurosistale stories.
NeurosisRefs : Refs to both SNT and Neurosistale. The only difference in appearance, Neurosis characters have halos around their head. SNT characters don’t.
NeurosisRibbons : The “Support Group” side of Neurosistale (Please keep these Anon). Will sometimes reblog. Likelihood of needing/having trigger warnings.
Female Multiverse : Comics/stories/ideas of the Female Multiverse characters, or, things that might happen but aren’t canon.
CanonFM : Anything that would be canon in the Female Multiverse story
HopeBox : Anything I wish to share that isn’t attached to any of the tags above, but is meant to share something or help you feel better.
JadaRambles : Anything else, like art, random reblogs, or ideas that aren’t connected to anything above.