[Anon Post] Effects of 10 years of torture and torturing

[orange_fell]

Comments

[beesandbrews]

It sounds like you have really thought this through! I do think that it is important to keep in mind that once in care when they start hanging diagnosis on Apollo that some will be legitimate like ptsd, and some will only be valid from the standpoint of the care workers like schizophrenia. The guy is, after all, in fact, possessed. How much that makes a difference to your story depends on how long and how in depth the care segment is.

This sort of thing really is over my pay grade, so I am bowing out now, I am glad I was able to at least point you in the direction you need to reference.

Good luck with your research and your story.

[beesandbrews]

I DID say the delusions and hallucinations aren't ALL because of Zorc, but in the children's ward, your point will still be very, very valid. That would still be the case if Apollo was still possessed by the point where I had him get help in the post-story, but I'm planning to have Apollo at least be free of Zorc before I have him get help then.

Also, thank you for the compliments beesandbrews, and good luck in your profession.

[anonymous]

I forgot to say something: Troubled fire setters is another name for Cry-for-help fire setters and vice-versa.

[anonymous]

I know it's been 3 days, but I just wanted to say a few more things here, abut Apollo's reactions to that betrayal and torture part of his past. Apollo's very first reaction at least would be to ask why. Things like: "Why? Why are you doing this to me?!" and "You took care of me for two YEARS!! What CHANGED!?" He'd then move on to something like: "Was it really all a lie?" As for any later reactions, I'm generally stumped, but I think that after shock (No taking this as a pun for anyone who sees this, please. I'm dead serious about this only being figurative) he'd move to anger and rebellion. With words, of course. The snapping of course comes last, and as effectively said before, it's not pretty for anyone.

I'd repeat my earlier ending statements, but I think I've done that far too much already.

[anonymous]

Ok, I suppose stumped isn't the right word. Apollo-maybe because of everything else I said about him-just strikes me as someone who'd rebel against his oppressors, and it'll only be with words because he can't do anything else to them.

[anonymous]

Does your character actually need a specific diagnosis? I don't know the canon and whether it is set in a world where normal rules mostly apply. If it's not, it's unlikely they'd interpret his symptoms in exactly the same way we do anyway. And even in a story set in our world, it is possible to just show the symptoms and let the readers make their own opinions as to what he might have. Is he actually going to be diagnosed by a psychiatrist or other mental health professional in the course of the story? If not, the odds are nobody would know for sure anyway as people who don't work in the mental health field aren't too likely to accurately diagnose somebody, especially a character with a background like Apollo's. I think most people would just think "traumatised/severely damaged by his experiences

[anonymous]

In-story (or post-story), Apollo will be diagnosed by a mental health professional, but it probably won't be stated. In fact, I'm all too willing to leave that ambiguous to readers, and I've been considering doing just that. However, as I told orange_fell, I don't want my own character's mental health issues (or anything about him really) to be left ambiguous to me. This way, I won't be stumped if people ask questions about him (unlikely as that may or may not be in regards to OCs) and regardless, to be frank, being exact about his issues means I know what to research.

As for one of your other questions, it's also NEVER made clear, to my knowledge, whether or not mental health care in the Yu-Gi-Oh verse works like any mental health care here in real life, because we never see it. I'm assuming it does. One constant is that no one seems to believe in magic in that world until proof of it is shoved in their faces, therefore no professional Apollo sees will think they're helping him with issues related to his Demonic Possession.

Yes,

[anonymous]

One more thing, the main cast will think "traumatized/severely damaged by his own experiences" when Apollo shows them he's been hurt in some way in the first place, through things like sorrowful and/or shaky words and body language and whatnot. Maybe one of them seeing him have a deep conversation with a hallucination. Or one of them having at least a somewhat deep conversation with him. I think at first, though, they'd just think of him as a crazy-and maybe also a little out there besides (As I mentioned I was considering)-torturer. Except maybe Yami Yugi: He might both approve and be a bit disappointed. Or just disappointed. And if anyone were to notice anything unusual supernaturally about Apollo (powers aside), both Yugis would pretty much be the first.

[anonymous]

Of course, I may need to watch Season 4 again, and maybe others. I was planning to do that, anyway.

Was my initial question too...something?

[anonymous]

Maybe my question should've been "What kind of mental health issues would someone like that have?", or maybe "What other characteristics would someone like that have?".

In the case of the initial question itself, I'll probably go with PTSD and Psychotic Depression, PTSD, or PTSD with psychotic features (a subtype of PTSD).

IN any case, I'm very appreciative of the information given to me, have looked at quite a bit of it, and will try my best to put it to good use.

Sincerely,

Shadowking2015