#tw;depression

Headcanons; vices :: Sky is an occasional smoker / drinker now, but back when she was with her abusive ex, she smoked a lot more and drank her shitty feelings and pain most nights. Especially when she was test living with him for awhile. She used alcohol as a numbing agent but never got drunk around him for her own safety. 

Headcanons; mental illness ::  Sky has PTSD and MDD resulting from her past experiences beginning with being bullied and abused (physically and mentally) as child by her foster family, bullied at school, and then abused (physically, emotionally, mentally) by her ex boyfriend. Sky came out of her traumatic situations strong and independent as ever, but she suffers from MDD which causes drastic mood shifts and a temporary (potentially manic) MDE where she’ll physically shut down for varying periods of time. It could last 20 minutes or several days. Her longest episode outside of her past relationship lasted 4 and a half days.  She tries to be positive about life having suffered so much in her youth, and she is grateful to her family and friends and her loving boyfriend Nikki and his family - she loves them more than life itself, but sometimes she can’t control or hide her emotions, especially if something triggers an old memory or feeling that resurfaces old wounds and situations. In rare occurrences, she’ll be able to stop the spiral before it gets too uncontrollable. Typically, however, the spiral will only get worse and result in a major depressive episode. When it does, she’ll usually stay in bed all day, refuse food and coffee, loss of appetite, lack of interest, dissociation, general detachment, etc...  Sky also has anxiety; social anxiety and panic disorder. She’s currently untreated because she hates the way the anxiety meds make her feel. She tries to take vitamins and keep her diet balanced as well as working out regularly to regulate her hormones and brain/body function. She also no longer drinks heavily, mainly on special occasions, and only smokes on a very rare occasion when her nerves are not tamable and only smokes about half a cigarette. She has a social limit and some days are better / worse than others where the limit is capped at different intervals. 

Hey so it’s 4 AM and I’m making Boku No Hero Oc’s because that’s what I do when I know I have tomorrow off but I’m too tired to work on panels—

This is my hero, Astral! Her quirk is Phantasm, a transformation type quirk. She can change her form into that of a ghost. In this form, she can walk through walls, become invisible, even blink in and out of the physical plane, instead traversing the spirit plane where ghosts normally exist. She can even possess people for short periods of time, although it’s very draining and she does it very rarely, usually to prevent a villain from hurting others. The quirk has a major drawback: the longer she stays in ghost form, the harder it is to become alive again. If she stays in it too long, she could actually die, unable to even exist as a ghost.

(Gonna go ahead and put a TW:depression here because her backstory is a little sad)

You have been living with Savannah for a while now. You guys are great friends, although you both have some troubles. You have noticed she’s been acting differently from her usual cheery, happy self. 

She’s been working at the cafe a few blocks away, and she’s been coming home with low pay, and talking about how ‘Bad’ she’s been doing. Sometimes you see her wake up late, or later in the morning, very tired. You expect she’s been staying up, or having some nightmares.