>>Anyone with anxiety that they deal with pretty well gets, like, +473 to Fear spells, because that's basically Tuesday<<
Anxiety can also make someone good with planning - my brain sometimes troubleshoots potential unlikely problems while I'm doing something else. Plus if they've known about their issues for awhile, likely very practiced with grounding skills.
>>likewise people with depression, & 'everything is hopeless' spells. yanno, I wonder if that's part of why Eowyn did so damn well with the Nazgul ...<<
Actually, now that I am thinking about it, there are at least two other depression-examples from media:
- In Steven Universe, the character Lapis Lazuli can shrug off a grief Emotion Bomb that incapacitates every other person in range, due to having severe trauma (at the very least she seems to be depressed).
- Also, in the first Trolls movie, Branch (who seems to have depression, anxiety and PTSD) actually manages to save the day, due to being the only one who can function once everyone else hits the 'go limp' phase of being trapped and hopeless.
Seriously, it would be so cool to see a setting where someone can switch the mood disorder, neurodivergence, etc to the ableist person who has been whining all day. I betcha aleist person would be more or less nonfunctional all day, and formerly less-abled person would go "Wow, my brain is so quiet now! ...I'm gonna go take a nap!" (Or alternately, if formerly depressed or having a personality disorder have a whole Limb Sensation Fascination thing with actually having a full array of healthful emotions.)
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Date: 2024-01-11 04:24 am (UTC)Anxiety can also make someone good with planning - my brain sometimes troubleshoots potential unlikely problems while I'm doing something else. Plus if they've known about their issues for awhile, likely very practiced with grounding skills.
>>likewise people with depression, & 'everything is hopeless' spells. yanno, I wonder if that's part of why Eowyn did so damn well with the Nazgul ...<<
Actually, now that I am thinking about it, there are at least two other depression-examples from media:
- In Steven Universe, the character Lapis Lazuli can shrug off a grief Emotion Bomb that incapacitates every other person in range, due to having severe trauma (at the very least she seems to be depressed).
- Also, in the first Trolls movie, Branch (who seems to have depression, anxiety and PTSD) actually manages to save the day, due to being the only one who can function once everyone else hits the 'go limp' phase of being trapped and hopeless.
Seriously, it would be so cool to see a setting where someone can switch the mood disorder, neurodivergence, etc to the ableist person who has been whining all day. I betcha aleist person would be more or less nonfunctional all day, and formerly less-abled person would go "Wow, my brain is so quiet now! ...I'm gonna go take a nap!" (Or alternately, if formerly depressed or having a personality disorder have a whole Limb Sensation Fascination thing with actually having a full array of healthful emotions.)