how do you think the characters would react to a fledgling with psychosis who isnt malkavian?
[My apologies for taking so long with this. I felt like I needed to be sure I understood psychosis at least on a basic level before I tried writing it. As always, if I put something incorrect or offensive, please let me know so that I may correct it.]
Therese- She's one of the one's that understands the most, honestly. While she doesn't have psychosis herself, she's dealt with mental illnesses of her own her whole life. Will be very gentle(almost uncharacteristically so) with her reminders like, "Could you please explain?" or "Did you remember to brush your hair today?" and the like.
LaCroix- He sadly has a low tolerance for people that are not totally "normal" with their mental health. He won't care why you're not doing your tasks as well as you were previously. He'll keep pushing you to act like there's nothing wrong, and this can make things worse if he's really insistent on it. There are times when the Sheriff might have to intervene. When it reaches that point, LaCroix knows he's definitely gone too far.
The Sheriff- He might not have any mental illnesses himself, but he knows the impact they can have. He might get frustrated when he can't figure out what conversation you claimed to have had with him, as he hasn't spoken to you in two days or of other things like that occur. But, once he's knows you have psychosis he'll at least try to be understanding.
Strauss- He is very understanding of almost everything, except for the lack of attention. Not that he holds anything personal against you, or things you're doing so on purpose; it's just something that he has a difficult time handling. But, he reminds himself that it's just how you are, and mostly manages to catch himself before he says anything.
Imalia- She's one of the first ones to ask if you're Malkavian. And, she can't get it in her head that you're not. She's also prone to ask or remark things that aren't very true to real life. Not that she's trying to insult you; there's just a whole lot of ingrained bigotry that she's got to work through.
Mitnick- He's actually one of the other ones that at least somewhat understands what you're going through, because he actually took the time to look into it.
Barabbas- He's also inclined to think that you're were Malk when he first meets you. However, he's quick to correct himself. He's the one you can go to if you need to talk through a situation that you're having difficulty reading a situation and need to try to talk through it.
Bertram- This is the kind of guy that will make tasteless jokes at your expense. He actually doesn't mean anything about it, but don't let him keep doing it. Tell him off really good once and he'll back off.
Gary- He's actually pretty understanding, after awhile that is. He's from a time when it was actually dangerous to talk about mental health, and went into hiding because of being a Nosferatu. He's also someone that will try to remind you of things that you might have forgotten to do or are confused on, albeit in a more blunt tone than Therese.
Jeanette- she is the one that you can most easily go to. She's like Therese, but more open with her feelings making talking about things a bit easier. She also very vocal about you not being a Malk as people assuming so just because you have a mental illness is a harmful stigma about the both of you.
Damsel- She's also one of the people that assumes that you are Malk. She's very understanding of you, but also just forgets you have it as she like most people think that if you have a mental illness then you have to show the symptoms all the time. There be a lot of, "What are you talking about?! Oh, wait, okay."
Skelter- He would think that you were hiding something form the rest of them because you suddenly disappeared for a few days. When you come back around he'll confront you about it. When he finds out you have psychosis and just want to be alone some times, he'll drop it. He's a bit more careful not to assume things about you in the future.
Jack- Wait, you're not Malkavian? Sure, he's heard if people having this sort of thing, but he's never met anyone who has something like this(he has he just wasn't paying attention.) Are you sure you're not Malk?? He just can't get over this.
Nines- He's glad that people are finally the point where they can talk about these sort of things. When he was younger between people not having enough money to go to a doctor, or being too afraid of what a doctor might do to you if they found out you were anything but mentally perfect, mental illness was something that no one talked about. He's very level headed, so he someone that will de-escalate a situation that's been misread or work through if something actually happened or not without treating you poorly.
Vivi- She's a very gentle soul, and will always be someone you can talk to. She's big on making sire you're taking care of yourself. Partially because she cares for you, and partially because a kindred that hasn't eaten in a few days is a very dangerous thing.
Ash- He has a lot of people go through his club. He's seen a few other people with psychosis, actually. Doesn't feel strongly about you either way.
Isaac- He's a little bit stern with you. Not that he doesn't care about you dealing with the symptoms of your psychosis, but he things that having things extremely structured will help. Good intentioned, but misinformed.
Beckett- He had no problems understanding what you were saying to him. His old friend Antole actually struggled with something similar(he's not sure if it was actually psychosis or not as mental health sadly is only really being accepted and understood recently.) He was around enough to tell the difference between natural mental illness and the Malkavian blood curse. He'll just listen to whatever you say to him and proceed in kind.
Andrei- Seeing as Sabbat have a tendency to not only embrace many at a time, but also to find those that tend to isolate themselves form others, there's been plenty of them that are people that struggle with mental illness of all kinds. Andrei has met many others like you and supposes he'll meet many more over the course of his un-life. His only concern is that you pay attention, even though it can be difficult for you at times. Not knowing what's going on can be pretty dangerous around the Sabbat.
Ming Xiao- She's a very learned woman, and would see what was happening very quickly. She also knows that just because you function differently than other people doesn't mean that you are not useful. She has no problem working with you as long as you stay respectful and do as she says.
Pisha- She might be confused for a bit, but when she finds out what's going on she's fine with it. Has to remind you that she does not have a phone, so she didn't call you yesterday, or that no, the Camarilla might not be the best people, but no, they are not following you everywhere. Even they have their limits. If you are getting nervous about things she'll always be there to listen and help talk you though it.
Cain/the cabby- He's been asleep for like a really, really long time. When you first tell him you have psychosis he has no idea what you're talking about. But, when you explain what that is, he knows exactly what it is. You don't hand around from basically the beginning of time and not meet people with mental illness. He's totally fine with learning how you prefer to handle things, and actually remembers what makes things easier for you.