Rowan (thinking): Maybe I should invite Violet over to study at home . . . How contagious are the whispers, anyway? Better look it up.
[Article] Spiritually Transmitted Acute Dysphoria (STAD) is a state of mental disorder, involving feelings of depression, lack of self-worth, and existential crisis.
Colloquially known as “the whispers” because it is contracted via malicious spirits “whispering” negative ideas.
It cannot be transmitted person-to-person, but non-infected people should take care around infected ones, because frankly they can get kinda scary.
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Huh… I was expecting something more Noory-esque…
Waaait … if it can’t be transmitted person-to-person, how is person getting infected? By being in contaminated area?
There are a bunch of malicious spirits suddenly hanging around in her neighborhood.
So it’s kind of like a magically-created depression?
Holy shit, it’s magical Depression. I can see how that can be a huge problem.
…what’s the probability that this is just regular depression, and happens to be more prevalent in her neighborhood because people are constantly struggling financially and don’t have good psychological support systems? because I’m guessing like, 100%, but they DO have water spirits in their showers, so who knows
The spirits are really involved, but you’re on the right track, because it’s easier to catch the whispers if you’re already depressed (or at least have risk factors for depression).
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