#she's also got the CPTSD :)

[cripplecryptid]

Being an adult and understanding ur mothers mental health patterns is so wild. Like oh all of a sudden my entire life makes sense

All the times as a teen when I started to feel Bad and like i had to leave the house asap bc i felt like I was going insane at home. Yeah. I get it now

[blueheartedwolf]

I wish I could find a doctor that wants to find out what’s actually wrong with me instead of recommending prescriptions to address the symptoms. I’m so tired of being recommended ibuprofen for debilitating pain. Tired of relaying my medical history to a new doctor and getting the same furrowed brow and shrugging shoulders I get every time. Tired of having so-called medical professionals ask why I need a cane if I’m able to walk down their clinic hallway without it. When will someone fucking help me?

[whimsycore]

I think what people don’t understand about having a narc parent is how isolated you are and how they make you feel on the daily. I had major oral surgery today and I woke up in a dark house tonight.

She literally raised me with the belief that she’s terrified of a completely dark house. And because of that I would make sure a light was turned on for her. Whether she was inside the house yet or not. This woman left one light on and it’s where she was today before she left.

The entitlement and inconsideration is part of daily living with her. But I’m supposed to stay with her because she’s scared to be alone. I’m supposed to not want anything for myself. I’m supposed to not DO for myself because she doesn’t. Imagine your entire life they make you a caretaker and they complain every minute of every day about you to someone so you can’t even trust other adults in your life. And you can’t count on your parent either because they let you down often but expect the world from you.

[runawaycarouselhorse]

This thread from the CPTSD subreddit about the overabdunance of cheap junk food, but little healthy food (and the weird poverty mindset leading to parents guarding food until it spoils and screaming at anyone who eats [too much] of it or acting like they were planning to eat it, but if you don't eat from it, it gets thrown out) is so illuminating.

[miikaarinn]

i had a psychiatrist appt today and holy fuckingnhell never again im not doing this shit ever again

[x-birdsong-x]

GODDD OKAY OKAY okay it's not in her playlist anymore just because I heard Florida through a wc playlist and GOD that is her song but if Miss Americana's bridge fit better i'd have kept it - but gooddddddd okay like. obviously platonically for the second verse it fits so well with 8x01 and the first verse is SO 16!adams coded and it drives me insane i'm sliding down the wall and punching the air projecting like she's a little whiteboard thinking about adams when she ran away (and when you got along with your pets better than your family what can you do but snap when you get home and find out you weren't there when your oldest dog died)

FIRST tho I just need to yell about the repeating "You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes" fitting Adams so perfectly. It's how she thinks of herself; it's how she's been taught to think of herself. What happened when she was a kid was her fault, the one time she reads House correctly is you took the first deal they offered you because you wanted to punish yourself, she gets herself fired doing House's test that for a second they both think was a mistake, as far as her opinion goes the accident in Nobody's Fault was her fault. Typical of me to put us all to shame something something

Second I can just link this post for a better explanation but watching Runaways and overanalyzing every little bit about her there is not a chance in the deepest parts of hell that Adams had good parents. They did SOMETHING to make her snap before she left. The way she responds to Callie is you could at least let her in the room and your mom knows she messed up, she's determined not to do it again and she's your mom, and for the first time she's acting like it and beyond everything else Callie is upset that her parent is not listening to her. Something something nothing scares me more than the stranger at my door who I fail to give shelter time and worth they are THE firewatcher's daughter patient/protag matchup

okay god where was i going. these are actually from last year so there's absolutely ways i'd change it now given i've dug into runaways' lines even deeper now and also my unholy amount of brain-animatics are rooted in warriors fandom song-matching so,,,, but here have the first verse(?) of my original freak-out about this . leaving out the second verse with ep 1 because there's too much i can't decide my opinion on looking at it now lol . never did anything past those verses because it just doesn't fit as well

also sorry i can't do anything about the quality firealpaca and tumblr do not get along

GOD there's SO many ways i'd change that now if i had time i'd redo it right now but they're all in pngs and idk where the actual files went

im so sorry i could go nearly line for line for everything before the bridge which is where it becomes more of a stretch but the first half of miss americana and the heartbreak prince works with adams and i can not be obnoxious enough about this she is a fidget toy to me

wait i love this. please tell me more I love hearing your Fidget Toy Adams thoughts

[chronicallycouchbound]

I feel like people often don’t talk about the experiences of disabled people who have caretakers because so much of the conversation is about us—not including us.

I receive in home care for 30 hours a week (+ 4 hours/week for respite). This is paid for by Medicaid (state insurance). Outside of paid hours, my primary caretakers care for me unpaid and assist me most of the time. I’m very rarely left alone due to my high support needs. Often, when I am left alone, I am completely bedridden or at minimum housebound. I have frequent emergency life threatening health problems, falls, and serious injuries even with support in place, and these things significantly increase when I’m on my own.

I’m extremely lucky that my paid caretakers are my partner, my sister (the only family member I have regular contact with, I’m estranged from the rest of my immediate family and most of my extended family) and my best friend.

I used to have agency staffing which was horrible for me and borderline traumatic. At several points, before doing the self directed care option (which allows me to choose my own staff, hire and train them myself and dictate hours for them), I opted to not have any staffing. I was regularly in the emergency room. I can’t drive, so I was having to walk and if I was lucky enough to be able to take the bus on occasion or get a ride from a Facebook acquaintance, they were few and far in between. I don’t have family support, and even my sister who is supportive wasn’t living in the state at the time and doesn’t have a car most of the time.

And before I could even choose which staffing option, even though medically it had been deemed essential for me to have in home care, even though my insurance covered it, I had to wait several years (I was 18 when I was approved) until I was 21 to qualify to start. The reason why: I was legally an “adult disabled child” because of my high support needs (which is funny because I STILL don’t have SSI at age 24) and thus legally unable to consent to my own care plan. I needed a blood relative to consent, and that same blood relative (who had to have proof of such!) couldn’t care for me. At the time, my sister was the only person who could’ve been my caregiver and also she is the only verifiable blood relative I have contact with for safety reasons, and my only relative on this side of the USA.

The first business day after my 21st birthday I immediately got things set up to get in home care.

This is out of date, I get assistance with more than just these highlighted ADL (activities of daily living) tasks now.

In short: my day-to-day life is entirely dependent on others.

And there’s power imbalances that exist between me and my caregivers, even with my current caregivers being amazing and anti-ableist. They will always exist. We talk about the power dynamics of me being dependent on them for my survival, and how heavy that weight can be for each of us.

Having caregivers often means that accessibility is extra difficult— I’ve been told straight up multiple times that I can’t have assistance from my caregivers to help me change in a changing room when we’re out shopping. That they can’t go into the bathroom with me, that they can’t help me get un/dressed during appointments, that they can’t come into spaces with me.

I’ve been denied access to psychiatric care because I can’t do my daily living tasks (ADLs- the highlighted items) independently. And when I’m in a hospital or emergency room, I can’t have my in home workers be paid to care for me, there’s an expectation that the nursing staff at the hospital will do it. Even though my caregivers were specifically trained to learn my body and needs for weeks and have been working with me for years. I have severe cPTSD and showering in front of a stranger is something I cannot do. I would rather fall or faint or get injured or just not shower than deal with that. But I’m expected to just let anyone have access to my body just because I’m physically disabled and need support.

When I faint/fall/get injured/have life threatening health issues arise while I’m not clothed, or when I’m otherwise vulnerable, I’m supposed to let strangers just touch me however they want to. I have to show them my chest (for my cardiac care) and let them poke and examine me. I can’t object without losing access to vital care.

I have agency. I have rights. I have autonomy. I deserve to be able to exercise these things.

[razzledazzlebeach]

Daryl Dixon took awhile to age mentally

As I read more and more analysis about Daryl and rewatch some of the earlier seasons, I wonder if it was intended for his character to have some kind of age regression issue. (I didn't do, like, extensive research, I just looked into some CPTSD and age regression signs on a few different sites, so this is just an idea I'm tossing out in hopes of hearing some other perspectives!)

The first situation that really catches my attention is his reaction to Merle being left in Atlanta. Now, obviously, this would be an incredibly emotional time for anyone and it's not entirely out of place to just say he was very distraught over the news and anyone could have reacted the same way he did. I just think that the specific way he did might have some signs. If you think about a grown man, especially one who was raised in a very macho household, you would assume that their reaction might be to storm out or yell at someone. Although Daryl did yell, he also started crying and pacing. It seemed almost as if he was having a full-on meltdown. Some signs of age regression are meltdowns (Ranting, shouting, insulting others, threatening others, whining, angry tears, or getting physically violent) that ring any bells?

I couldn't find a gifs of that exact moment :(

It probably didn't help that the entirety of the camp was staring at him as all of this happened. Temper tantrums can happen because someone is scared/ashamed and can't regulate themselves. (Like sensory overload.)

Another thing that I want to kind of address is the way Rick responds to Daryl when he's having these sorts of meltdowns. Throughout the series, and in the third episode, we see Rick bending down almost horizontally just so he can make eye contact with Daryl. He speaks to him like he's a child, and instead of feeling insulted, Daryl actually takes comfort in it and calms down!

"I'd like to have a calm discussion on this topic, do you think we can manage that?"

What is age regression?

We all know that Daryl was abused as a child, and trauma like that can sort of freeze the brain. This is a quote I really like that explains it: “It doesn’t necessarily make you stuck at a certain age, but instead, [you are] acting out the emotional wounding that happened at that age,” Lapides adds." People may start to regress because they are triggered or feel threatened, and an apocalypse seems like it would cause a constant trigger. Daryl might be reverting back to childlike behaviors as a trauma response. (honorable mention being the nail biting, but that's a bit of a reach) Shane being the way that he was could have also been a trigger for him.

One of the symptoms of age regression is overly clingy behavior. And you are probably thinking, "well, if there's anything Daryl has, it's not clingy behavior. He's a loner." I disregarded this too for awhile before I really thought about it. He is highly independent when he's doing things he's comfortable in, like being in the woods or going for runs. But when it comes to making decisions or being social, Daryl immediately clings to someone who he knows will do it for him. Most of his life he had Mere to hide behind. The most outgoing and shameless person alive. I don't think Merle ever asked Daryl his opinion on anything. He would decide, and Daryl would follow, and I think Daryl took a lot of comfort in that. So when Merle was gone, he latched onto Rick because he was the best choice. He knew Rick was a very righteous man who had plenty of leadership qualities. He knew Rick would make decisions for him, and give him directions.

Carol and Rick's mothering

Circling back to the way Rick would react to Daryl's outbursts, carol sometimes did the same thing. I know some people ship them, but honestly, at least in the earlier seaons, I got major mother/son vibes from the two of them. Especially when Beth died and she was trying to teach him how to grieve. The forehead kisses, the pookie nickname, all of it seemed to point in that direction. There was also another time Rick pulled the "Can we manage that?" move, and it was during Aiden and Glenn's fight in S5. He made sure to get low enough to make eye contact, and block his pacing. He kept telling Daryl that "We can't do this now." It all just looks a lot like he and carol are parenting Daryl, if only in moments where he is feeling intense stress and that trauma triggers.

Anyways, this was just a few ideas I was tossing around, and very clearly this in my first analysis lol, any thoughts?

[aloy-sobek]

Thinking about how the BG3 crew view chronic pain

Lae'zel would be insufferable about how pain is strength. However I think if given a change to swap bodies, Lae'zel would see you as the ultimate warrior. Strongest, mightiest, most fearless creature. ESPECIALLY a romanced Tav as Lae'zel gains a softer perspective of life. But good gods would she be annoying at first.

Wyll gets it. Eye still hurts him. Half the time he gets migraines because of his fucked vision and the other half it's phantom pains from where his eye used to be. His prosthetic gets dry. Needs to be cleaned and can cause irritation. He gets it.

Halsin is similar, he's older sure, but got a nasty scar on his face that smarts from time to time. Facial injuries stay hurting even once they've healed. He would offer natural healing, not in a crunchy way, but in a way to help sooth. Probably lots of massages.

Gale is a walking chronic pain. He is also a good example of doing that pain to yourself. The kind of chronic pain where you know it's your fault you're in this mess but also by gods it still awful. It's one thing to be punished for your stupidity, it's entirely different to suffer continuously.

Karlach, I mean, come on. She is the embodiment of chronic pain. Her insides are literally on fire. She riddled with scar tissue. She's known nothing but pain for over a decade. She's a good dark humor chronic pain friend 😌

Astarion is no stranger to pain. As a firm believer that he suffers CPTSD, Astarion probably has his far share of Somatic flashbacks. A form of chronic pain often thrown away as irrelevant because there is "no real cause." As if the past traumas of the body wasn't cause enough. He however at first would be a shithead about your pain, but as time rolled on, would sympathize, over a glass of medicinal wine.

Shadowheart literally has a chronic pain button in her hand. Granted it's being pushed by a god but if we thing about it, don't we all. She'd be sassy about it though. Heaven forbid she be too vulnerable, maybe for Tav and she would feel for a Tav in pain. Curse that moon witch empathy.

Minsc would try and fight your pain away. Which would be quite endearing. He would also be extra gentle around Tav. Not realizing chronic pain did not mean fragile. Boo is doing his best to explain.

Jaheira knows. She's been around a block or two. Fought a thing or two. Pain isn't something she's new too, but chronic? That isn't an enemy she deals with. She'd sit and talk with you on bad days. Keep you company. Good friend in that way.

[thornsent]

hi pls help lmao

I'm morgan, a disabled trans fag in my mid 20s. I have cptsd + DID + some other fun chronic mental and physical health conditions and a lot of my trauma is regarding housing. specifically losing housing and ending up homeless. I spent 5 years couch surfing after an abusive relationship let me homeless and without anything until I got subsidized housing and thought things would turn around.

they didn't. my living situation is bad, and I've been posting pretty extensively about it esp lately. I live in a slum. there's roaches, a neighbor who's basically been stalking me, a landlord that's harassing me, and most recently a drive-by shooting quite literally outside my window. my lease ends on the 31st.

my housing worker has been incredibly sketchy and unreliable and I don't even know if I have housing secured past the 31st anymore but I'm down to the wire and have no choice and I cannot stay in this place any longer with how it has affected my physical and mental health. I really can't

I need help with moving supplies. I thought I got enough boxes but I'm still running short, and my housing worker says she wants me packed by this sunday. I also need to make some runs to goodwill. I have absolutely no movers scheduled or anything like that which my worker is supposed to be taking care of so I have no choice but to rely on someone who has been unreliable since we began working with her. I have been a fucking mess about this, it has truly been one of the worst weeks of my life

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[bucchi-boo]

The joy these lil guys bring me

And as a Neil stan I think everyone should cuddle him

Blow the cut is some stuff irrelevant to most but just my brain

It's a bad time of year for me where my cptsd symptoms are through the roof and I'm struggling a whole lot. These lil guys have truly made coping so much easier and made me so happy but at its worst I struggle to reach for them which is why there has been less posts 😭

Aaron is still in progress his hairpiece is on the way it got delayed and I'm sad about it.

But this is me once again saying thank you for all your lovely comments and messages, I look at the tags and comments every time and I respond to comments as much as I can as it makes me so happy to know these lil fuckers also make you guys happy. It warms my heart so much

I honestly cried when even Nora said she comes back to tumblr to see them and that she loves them, means the world to me that people love my silly little hobby as much as I do.

So yeah, thank you. Once again and always, big thanks 💛

[rosy-crow]

not enough people are reveling in the horrors that is sephiroth having SEVERE CPTSD!!

HGGFJFHF YEAH

Also, on a few lists, “hyper-vigilance” was a symptom…which….bruh

I watched a documentary about kids with CPTSD and also one on attachment disorders in infants after maternal neglect a while ago, and basically, when they put well-adjusted kids in a room with each other and some adults, it was all smiles, trust, camaraderie, play, fun, etc.. Those babies were bright and looking at the adults all the time! They bonded really easily.

But the kids with either the attachment disorder or the CPTSD just sat there looking on high alert. They didn’t sleep or rest, they didn’t trust the adults. They looked anxious and they were babies :(

The kids with the maternal neglect issues were known to look around the room and at the doors like they were waiting for someone. Waiting for someone to come back. It made me cry at the time, dude.

Anyway, Sephiroth first reminded me of the kids with the attachment disorders when I was going through OG and he seemed like he was looking for…something. When he found Jenova, I was like…”OH! WAIT IS THIS MOTHER THING DELIBERATE…”

And when I got to Lucrecia, as soon as she said “I never even got to hold him,” it all clicked. That explained a LOT 💀

I could not find hardly any analysis videos or forums on him (outside of tumblr) that even bothered to mention it. It’s hopefully gonna change with FS!

But what’s also becoming more blatant aside from the attachment disorder is the CPTSD, I agree. He showed up in episode 1 already a mess around the adults, not sure how to interact after isolation, really apologetic when he messed up and he wilted whenever Glenn yelled. Then we had that whole speech he gave when they confronted him about his ruthlessness and he basically gave away that he was trained to be afraid as a warrior. Deathly fearful, paranoid and reactive on the battlefield even with children and elderly because he believed he’d surely die if he hesitated or showed any compassion.

That basically means they beat fear into his head for a long time and put him in situations where he perfected the “kill or be killed” mindset.

(I’m so happy he does THIS with the Wutai troops as an adult though. HE LEARNED TO HESITATE AND OFFER HIS ENEMIES A CHANCE BEFORE JUST GOING FOR THE KILL SJDHDH)

But as for his younger self, what kid would be trained like that (especially by fucking Hojo) and not develop all of the exact traits Sephiroth has in these stories, honestly…I can’t even imagine.

He has the other symptoms of CPTSD too. He feels disconnected and different, he has serious issues with engaging or starting relationships, he dehumanizes himself, he speaks like the world is hopeless and HIS life is worthless outside of his missions, and he is apparently gonna say to Angeal something about them not being able to understand each other because of how they were raised….which fits with the “feeling like nobody can understand you” symptom.

Ugh. This seems to be a big part of what he has and it’s at its worst right now in episode 2 because now it’s not just the isolated war machine childhood + the Hojo horrors fucking him up, but we got everything that happened in Rhadore too.

I mean yeah, no WONDER this kid is closed off and falling into the Alissa/Jenova/Masamune trap or whatever. I bet he’s gonna have a mini Nibelheim or some kind of breakdown, and my hopes are in Angeal’s intervention. If anyone can get through to Sephiroth, it’s him.

[awkwardandeccentric]

We know Stolas has terrible mental health issues and we assign that to his environment, rightfully so, but mental health issues are also genetic. So, how much of his depression, anxiety, and cPTSD is from being raised by Paimon and attached to Stella…and how much of it is inherited from his mother? A woman he never got to meet. A woman who never go to show him love. A woman who must have had a hard life if she ever crossed paths with Paimon.

Do you think his mom ever got to watch him hatch? Do you think he ever called out for her when he was scared or lonely? Do you think he ever asked about her before he learned to be silent?

How much was the deck stacked against him before he was even born?

[hisaribi]

So I've got possessed by the de-ages Dick au, and while I usually go for physically de-aged but still adult mind for angst and research of weakness and the need to rely on others. But this time I needed an angst

So Dick got de-aged both physically and mentally, to the begining of his Robin days, fresh of loosing his parents. He's stuck in the constant performance everything is great I don't trust any of you mode. He's friendly, helpful, only once asked why they all were Robins, but because others didn't have any idea where it came from, he didn't tell a thing (he trusted his adult self judgement in not telling younger ones all the whys). There was no way to reverse him, no memories he could get back, no skills that suddenly would pop up no recognition. Dick Grayson, Nightwing, is basically dead.

Jason though told him that if he wants to get out of all the overbearing protectiveness (Bruce wanted to do everything Right this time, Tim was weirded to see Dick the way he remembered from his parents death and probably experiences cptsd again with need to protect the kid, Damian who suddenly became twice Dick's age and it was the first for him to not be the youngest and also he was going through wanting to leave this life and maybe move towards the medicine, and maybe pull Dick out of it as well, Cass sometimes followed him like a silent shadow out of worry as well, Steph, Duke and others mostly were weirded out and kept away). So Jason who went through everyone around mourning his past Robin self and not accepting his current one, not fully, sort of knew what Dick was going through, and it was even worse, because he didn't even remember what was before, the chunk of twenty years of history he didn't know about, and people who mourned Nightwing. But also to stay asshole-ish Jason told Dick that he can crash his flat only if he could find it (or any other houses)

So Dick got tired of it, especially because he wasn't allowed to go out on the patrols, and while Bruce and Tim left he sneacked out as well. He climbed through the window of Jason's flat, he did find it himself, and heard voices, Jason wasn't alone. Dick kept to the shadows and was light on his feet, he didn't recognize voices, but they werenangry or anything. So he listened in.

It were Jason and two other people he remembered, the ones that came to visit him somewhere after he got aged down. Roy and Kori. And well, he heard them.

How Dick was now younger than Roy's daughter and he still couldn't break it to her, that her favorite uncle Nightwing was gone. How Jason talked about this sort of mourning and how he was still actually stuck to that about Dick despite knowing how it felt. And Kori confessed that she had a child with Dick, a daughter she didn't tell him about, who stayed with Tameranian people. And now they won't ever meet.

They then argued about this whole thing, and Dick left, no way he could get to Jason ever again. He went up to brood on the gargoyle, because well, everyone did treat him as a memo of someone who wasn't there anymore. Who he could grow into, but not really him.

And apparently Damian sat next to him and gave Dick a snack. Because Damian noticed Dick running away, and followed just to make sure he won't get in trouble, and he was actually about to leave him be after he climbed into Jason's kitchen, but then he was glad he didn't. And he then contemplated if he wanted to leave Dick alone and not show himself, or sit down next to him and support. He decided the latest, because well Damian (and most other people) was aware Dick wasn't all sunshine and rainbow, so they sort if expected him to blow up, even Bruce, who was to him just as much of a stranger as others were.

Dick got angry at everyone looking at him like he killed his elder self personally. Like they treat all his mannerisms and wordings as a sign of him getting his memories back and not him actually always having them or taking them from others and it just happened to be the ones they adopted from him. But then sitting with Damian he just plastered his usual smile and went like oh hey yeah decided I needed some air thanks for snack anyway how's school.

And then Damian tried to tell Dick a story, like the one that was in his Robin comics, about a prince and all that, as the middle Dick deadpanned that Damian was awful at disgaising true story behind this tale premise, they bickered a bit, but Damian then told Dick that Dick being his Batman, Dick accepting him was what got him into the family, was the reason he stuck there, and while yes, Damian didn't know about this Robin version of Dick he would try to the best of his abilities to support him. Like no, Dick also wasn't patient, for Dick back then Damian was a burden along with the Batman, and Damian expected it all to be really rough, but at the very least Damian really wanted to help at the very least till Dick could walk on his own and be his safety net and Dick at first laughed at how pretentious it sounded, but it lacked bite to it

Dick silently leant at Damian and they stayed like that for some time

[jupiter--dream]

Not to come again with my random ass headcanons/rambles but this time is about the blorbo ever, Dream (who I use they/them pronouns for, spoilers lol)

Hear me out. Iirc it's canon that Nightmare doesn't/can't lie; he can say half-truths, he can omit details, but at the end of the day, he can't say something that is wholly 100% untrue. Right.

...

Then what does that mean for Dream, who is entirely his opposite in energy? Over time I built my headcanon as being that Dream can't be fully honest, ever, in juxtaposition to their brother.

This can be taken a couple different ways; Dream's whole "personality" is a bit of a fabrication after all (not as in "they're secretly evil" way ofc), they're a "public figure" of sorts that needs to look/appear/be a certain way, it's more rigid than it looks, that's enough of a lie as it is, and they definitely have trouble separating themselves from the idea of what "Dream" is.

After all, if you strip them of what they represent (hope, salvation, safety, care, they're a hero, a savior, a healer and a helper) all you get is a broken guy who, at 6yo, lost everything (and even before that, was only loved as an object to be used and asked for favors), got turned into stone for 494 years (while staying semi-conscious, mind you! they could feel what was going on out there!), woke up to Neil being dead (he's mortal, duh) and Lanny training them while absolutely hating them (being said that she was harsh enough to make them almost lose hope. lol.), like, the cptsd is very real and Dream would rather die than be honest for a second about who exactly they are.

They're Dream [The Guardian of Positivity], Dream [Child of Nim, Guardian of Feelings], Dream [Protector of the Omega Timeline], hell, they can even be Dream [of the Star Sanses] before they're [Dream], you know?

Nightmare's honesty is devastating as someone who wants to completely erase his past, it follows him in his every word; and Dream's dishonesty is also devastating, as someone who desperately wants to go back to the past, as it stays out of reach and mocks them.

...Alright sorry it's late and I'm Going Insane alright

(Edit, in the "canon facts about Dreamtale" posts it also says that Dream often lies to people to keep them happy which is the diet version of this post if you will sdfhjbgsdfhjbgsdf)

[rubydubydoo122]

hi, i'm kind of a newbie in comics and can you elaborate why pit madness is not real? thank you (i haven't got to the modern comics yet)

I’m pretty sure Pit Madness just… isn’t really a thing. There isn’t anything in Canon that outright says ‘the pit makes you crazy’

If anyone wants to correct me on anything, feel free to, because I’ve only read major comic book storylines

I think Pit Madness was made up in Fanon to justify Jason’s ‘insane’ actions— like eight heads in a duffle bag, or the attack on Titans Tower, or his whole pill helmet era— but they’re forgetting that Jason came back to life after being brutally murdered and I think he has a right to lose his mind a little bit after that, especially since he also had some major brain damage. It’s probably more likely that Jason has a chemical imbalance and has CPTSD, from his early life on the streets to the things that have happened to him during his time as Robin.

It’s also a way the fandom reinforce racist stereotypes about the Al-Ghuls. ‘But Talia threw Jason into the pit and pointed the pit madness towards Bruce’ that did not happen. Jason did most of his world tour on his own free will. He planned his return to Gotham all by himself.

In fact, Talia loves Bruce and she was finding Jason’s world tour, so she was probably guiding him away from killing Bruce.

Also, something something ‘Ras is a crazy creepy old man’ he wouldn’t be over 600 years old if the pit waters drive you insane.

I think there is a brief period of time RIGHT AFTER you emerge from the pit where you lose your mind, but it eventually wears off and it wouldn’t last for as long as the fandom makes it out to be, and it wouldn’t be flashes of Rage. It would probably be more akin to insanity, because it’s a cursed fountain of youth.

Also, Cass and Damian were also put into the Lazarus Pit (I’m pretty sure?) and they

Sorry if any of that came out aggressive, but Pit Madness drives me insane (pun intended) if I’m wrong about anything, someone please correct me.