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These characters are my own, however I wish to one day make it in higher quality -3-)(\
A comic I present to you .D. with all my effort
Poor Mordecai, too bad his crush hates him-and it’s not like Ink is helping either.
[I wanna develop this, to actually develop something is a big step for me and I need to promise myself that I wont put this off-I will make something I can finish]
Foster Household: Chapter 9, Part 2
CW: Mental Health Struggles - Guide to content warnings
Inside the clinic Carson waited and right on time Dr Hanks showed up.
Dr H: Hello Carson, you found the clinic all right?
Carson: Yeah, I didn’t realise they just converted a house
Dr H: Don’t want to ruin the landscape and many patients feel more comfortable visiting a place that doesn’t look too official. Ah, here he is
Out of one of the rooms came a sim who looked like they belonged on a beach more than in a clinic.
Carson: You sure he’s a good fit Dr Hanks?
Dr H: He is but I’ll let him introduce himself. I’ll see you again if we need to change your prescription okay? Look after yourself Carson
Carson: Thanks
Carson was led into one of the rooms and took a seat, feeling awkward already.
Chad: My name is Chad Harrison, you can call me Chad or C, either is good. My main focus is anxiety disorders
Carson: Disorders
Chad: Disorders are just how we classify them, it’s not a reflection on your character
Carson: I guess
Chad: I’ve coached many a kid through what you’re dealing with Carson, I can help
Carson: Can you make the intrusive thoughts stop
Chad: It’s not as simple a fix as that. It’s about retraining your brain so that when they come up you can deal with them in healthy ways
Carson: So I won’t have to always spend half my day cleaning
Chad: Not at all. It will take time though, your brain has been working one way for so long, it takes time to adjust your thinking but plenty of kids I’ve dealt with can reduce symptoms
Carson: That’d be a relief. Ever since I lost my asthma inhaler I’ve been compelled to clean everything
Chad: Did Dr Hanks explain what OCD is
Carson: Yeah kinda, well the symptoms. Like I’ll get bad thoughts like, I’m going to have an asthma attack and die or my parents will die and my brain thinks if I can just do something like keep my shoes lined up in the wardrobe I can prevent it
Chad: You got it. But talk therapy will be about helping you as a person as well as someone who has OCD
Carson: So we can discuss whatever
Chad: I generally like to start sessions with a bit of catch up talk to help relax you. What’s on your mind today
Carson: My mind? Well, a girl I guess
Chad: Is she your girlfriend
Carson: Well no, I just... I just think she’s really pretty and she’s... she’s been through some stuff but is still going you know
Chad: Are you wanting to tell her how you feel or are you happy admiring from afar
Carson: I don’t know how I feel. I mean I like her and would like to go on a date and hold hands and stuff but... I worry I’m not right
Chad: Because of the anxiety?
Carson: It’s not that, it’s not even the asthma which leaves me looking much rounder than I like. It’s...
Carson really hoped Chad would jump in with exactly what his thoughts were but nope. Guess it was up to him. Damn this was awkward, but it did seem easier to talk to someone that wasn’t his parents. And it would be cold day in hell before he discussed this topic with Reece.
Carson: It’s about woohoo
Chad: I see. Well you are almost 15, it’s very normal to be having those thoughts and acting on them solo or sometimes with a partner at that age
Carson: But see... I was talking to my best mate Onyx and... well I don’t have the same kind of woohoo thoughts they do
Chad: Everyone is an individual, it would strange if you had the exact same type as your friend. Can you tell me what bothers you about having different thoughts?
Carson: Well... Onyx, and my mates Darwin and William, when they... you know... they picture people. I don’t really picture anything, it’s just about like sensations and having an itch I need to scratch that feels good once it happens
Chad: Go on
Carson: And like I never look at anyone and think, oh it could be fun to have woohoo. Like even the girl I like, I’d love to kiss and cuddle and stuff but I don’t look at her and think, I want to woohoo her. What if my brain is just not mature, and will never mature
The counsellor was silent for a moment and Carson felt his anxiety raise. This was clearly a mistake. Chad would think he was a weirdo who didn't deserve help. He should leave.
Chad: Carson have you heard about the asexual spectrum
Carson: The what?
Chad: The asexual spectrum. Probably easier to start more basic, you know how gender is a spectrum?
Carson: Yeah, Onyx is genderfluid and their current pronouns are they/them
Chad: Attraction is also a spectrum
Carson: Yeah I know I’m bi. Mum hoped one of us kids would be pan like her but I feel like bi just fits me better
Chad: What isn’t often made clear to growing kids is that romantic attraction and woohoo attraction are different things, and they don’t have to match. Am I wrong to assume if you identify as bi you have wanted to date boys and girls
Carson: Yeah, especially pretty ones
Chad: Based on what you’ve been saying I think you may be biromantic but fall somewhere on the asexual spectrum, which is part of woohoo attraction
Carson: So I’m not just a wuss?
Chad: You’re not a wuss for not wanting to woohoo, there are plenty of reasons not to in any scenario. Anyone who forces you to woohoo or says you have to is in the wrong, you understand?
Carson: Yeah, I know about consent. But what is an asexual spectrum
Chad: Basically it’s for people who feel less woohoo attraction than the average person. There are some people who need an emotional connection before they’ll feel attracted to their partner in a woohoo way. The spectrum stretches from them all the way to people who never experience woohoo attraction. It doesn’t make you immature to not feel any woohoo attraction, there are many people who identify along the spectrum. As for wuss there are also variants for how touch averse a person is or isn't, and that comes from preference not cowardice
Carson: I’m just worried if I ask her on a date but I don’t want to woohoo I’m like... leading her on
Chad: You’re still young Carson, it’s possible the thought of woohoo hasn’t even crossed her mind. Don't feel like you need to grow up any faster than is comfortable. You said you like her right
Carson: Right
Chad: So there is nothing false in that. Don’t focus on what might happen in the far future, if you want to hold her hand now then you want to hold her hand now. Cross the other bridges when you come to them
Carson: I guess you’re right
Chad: Okay, you ready to start working on the OCD now
Carson: After that conversation it’s bound to be a breeze
Chad: *laughs* That’s the spirit
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Omg, would you look at that! A crappy CallmeCarson doodle!!! Maybe Kengu is, I dunno. Trying to finally draw someone other than Jschlatt and Slimecicle!! OAO