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Ocd fictional character
What are things you would want portrayed in a fictional character with ocd?
What are things you would want portrayed in a fictional character with ocd?
The struggle and how these thoughts are egodystonic.
That it goes after what you value. How debilitating it can be. That it’s not “quirky”
How it’s also confusing at times because sometimes things could be real issues and it makes you doubt that if it’s ocd or real.
I would make my fictional character semi-burnt out on life. It takes so much energy to deal with the OCD, that sometimes it's hard to put energy into just living.
I would like a character struggling with taboo intrusive thoughts- to break the stereotype that Ocd is solely about counting & cleaning
One way of visually portraying mental health that I thought resonated a lot for how I see my OCD was on the movie Soul from Disney. When they show the “Lost Souls”, souls who have become detached from life and consumed by obsessive thoughts, anxiety, and insecurities, trapping them in a dark, monstrous form.
Thats interesting. Im using themes of soul loss which is mentioned in shamanism and druidry. Im gonna have to watch the film, the clip i just saw looked good
I’ve been thinking that a superhero story from the perspective of a superman-like figure who has responsibility or scrupulosity ocd could be really interesting. Like how tormenting it can be to constantly be so worried. Not sure how it would work in execution but I like the idea.
Getting stuck in a thought loop. Compulsions aren't always physical (like switching on and off a light or cleaning, etc.). Sometimes they are constantly, uncontrollable spiraling thoughts and there is this little voice of logic trying to scream over these thoughts to put an end to them, but the spiral OCD thought loops just get louder and louder, drowning out the "voice of reason"
Two things mainly. First, how they struggle to open up to and connect with others because of shame. Second, the way their obsessions and compulsions pull them away from reality and into their own head Are you making a story with an OCD character? I'm a writer who's doing the same and I think that's pretty cool
Yeah, im trying to make a fantasy, equivalent of game of thrones with mental health themes intertwined like the matrix does with its messages. 😅 Its a bit grandiose but im enjoying doing it. Are you going to post on here when you finish your book? I'd be keen to read it
@Wolfram Sounds interesting! I might post about my story here at some point. My story is also in the fantasy genre. It's actually going to be a series of 6 novels as I have it planned right now. It's a social commentary with mental health themes. Basically, in my character's world, there's two major philosophies on magic. He struggles with scrupulosity after he starts to stray from behaviors he was taught are right and unquestionable. In the world, there's a war going on over these magical philosophies, so he feels pressured to choose a side. His experience fighting in this war represents his internal conflict, and all the pain and confusion he goes through trying to figure out who he is. He needs to escape black and white thinking and practice acceptance in order to find peace and pursue the life he wants
@Tyconia I would 100000% read this. Im intrigued about the philosophies on magic. Love philosophical layering in books
@Wolfram Thanks! I'd be glad to talk about it more
@Tyconia I wouldnt want any spoilers 😬 im already interested. Have you got any fantasy or any type of fiction books you'd recommend? Interested in what your taste would be
@Wolfram Oh, I can explain some of the world building without giving spoilers But, towards your other question, I enjoy Star Wars novels mostly, but I've taken interest in independent stories too. I was reading a YA fantasy recently that uses English folktales as the basis for a story about chronic illness- it's called Magonia. Mostly, I prefer shows and movies to books, just because there's so much more involved in animation, cinematography, and acting that you don't get from books. I actually would love to make my series into a show, but I'm starting with books because I'm a good writer
I haven't been able to read about experiences similar to mine when it comes to my perfectionism OCD so I was wondering if anyone had any "uncommon" experiences.
I'm going to film school and starting to write horror movies. My obsession is that I'm scared of being a bad person of making my characters becoming a predator on younger characters. But that's also horror like...? I obviously won't make them like a literal baby. But I have this horror idea and I just feel bad. Idk how I'm gonna write this shit without having OCD. For example junji ito collection tomine is somewhat of a predator and the ice cream man. And they're both really good horror stories!! even Pennywise!! And people love Pennywise?!! Any advice for Creating horror with OCD themes like pocd and such?
I wrote these two poems for an open mike poetry night at my college a few years ago. Freshman year of college my anxiety ate me alive. I chickened out last minute and never performed, but I recently found the notebook I wrote these in and thought I’d share. i’m sO sCareD You say, "Oh my god, I’m so OCD about my notes," while I am drowning in the undertow of thoughts that refuse to let me go. You say, "I just like things neat, you know?" while I check the lock again and again, wondering if this time will be the time my brain believes me— but it never does. It's the monster under the bed except it lives in my head, whispers masquerading as instincts, warnings dressed as logic, fear that wears me like a second skin. And oh, how easy it is to laugh it off, call it a quirk, a habit, a punchline, while I stand at the brink of a thought so loud I can feel it crack my ribs. You say, "I’m so OCD about my computer icons." I say, I can’t hold my mother’s hand without tracing the veins, make sure she’s alive, still beating and bleeding, rewinding, replaying, repeating, repeating, until I become the pattern itself. I say, I live on a hill. And if the picture frames aren’t straight, the ground will shift, the walls will give way, my home will collapse beneath me. And I can’t let it go? I say, I step in threes, three, three, three, reset, three, three— reset. Because if I do it wrong, something worse will happen, though I don’t know what, only that the terror knows it for me. I am not particular. I am prisoner. So when you say OCD, I hope you mean the way it steals— the way it clings, the way it suffocates, because it is not about preference. It is about survival. hallway girl. Why can’t I have the helpful OCD? The organized one, the productive one, the one people praise instead of whisper about? Why can’t my compulsions make me a genius instead of a joke? Why do they make me the hallway girl— “she’s still walking the hallway” as if it’s a comedy show. As if it’s funny to be trapped in my own head. You see it in sitcoms— the guy who can’t handle an uneven stack of papers, the woman who scrubs the counters too much, laugh track ringing loud— but no one laughs at the panic that coils in my lungs no one sees the terror when the stairs don’t add up and suddenly the earth is shaking and I can’t move No one shows the moments I cry over a step miscounted, staring at the hallway, knowing I have to start over, but already too exhausted to move. No one shows the shame, the whispered apologies, the effort of convincing myself this time, maybe, I’ll be strong enough to resist— but I never am. And no one shows the shoes. How I would run, sprint, chase time through our fifteen-minute break, Back to my room, because if they moved— if they weren’t exactly right— my dad would have a heart attack. And it would be my fault. So I checked. And checked. And checked again. Until I was breathless, But still had to sprint back to class and pretend I didn’t leave my mind behind with my shoes. So when they call me hallway girl, I bite my tongue so they don’t see how hard it takes Because if OCD is a joke, why am I the only one who isn’t laughing?
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