Author of the previous prompt here? Realized while I would give my kingdom for bipolar!Matt, I'd give an entire continent for bipolar!Karen*.
Like, does she try to hide it from Foggy and Matt (and if so, does Matt smell and recognize the meds she takes?)? How do they find out? How do they help her deal with it-does Matt teach her boxing as a positive way of dealing with anger or self-harming urges? Does she have cognitive issues during episodes-and maybe Foggy buys her a key dish so she doesn't lose her keys, or texts her in the evenings on bad days/weeks so she remembers to eat?
Give me Karen dealing with her mental illness like a boss and slowly letting her newfound family in, realizing it doesn't have to be humiliating to let them help.
(TMI time: I've just recently been diagnosed (in my mid-to-late twenties), despite having presented symptoms from a young age, as my parents are religious fundamentalists who had...issues with the topic of mental illness due to their religious beliefs). Karen stated her parents were religious. Is this one of the reasons she has a strained relationship with them? Has she even told them? I just want all the Karen basically)
Karen, Gen or /any, bipolar
Like, does she try to hide it from Foggy and Matt (and if so, does Matt smell and recognize the meds she takes?)? How do they find out? How do they help her deal with it-does Matt teach her boxing as a positive way of dealing with anger or self-harming urges? Does she have cognitive issues during episodes-and maybe Foggy buys her a key dish so she doesn't lose her keys, or texts her in the evenings on bad days/weeks so she remembers to eat?
Give me Karen dealing with her mental illness like a boss and slowly letting her newfound family in, realizing it doesn't have to be humiliating to let them help.
(TMI time: I've just recently been diagnosed (in my mid-to-late twenties), despite having presented symptoms from a young age, as my parents are religious fundamentalists who had...issues with the topic of mental illness due to their religious beliefs). Karen stated her parents were religious. Is this one of the reasons she has a strained relationship with them? Has she even told them? I just want all the Karen basically)