Whumpee wanting to attend a spa day with Caretaker but struggling to overcome their anxiety about letting the strangers working there see and touch their scarred body
Checking a fever with the hand to the face or the neck is an epic trope, obviously, but I also think people are sleeping on the temporal artery scanner. I get my temp checked regularly and I still find the thermometer run across my forehead soothing (also possibly better for touch averse/sensitive whumpees who don’t want someone’s hand on them?) Just pointing it out
Anonymous asked:
What would it be like for someone to be both touch starved and touch adverse (if it is possible to be both)?
Yes, it's possible because that's exactly what I am! There are times that I crave physical touch but when I get it, it's prickly, tingly, achy or makes me suddenly flinch or shiver, even with people I trust. I have to reassure them that they didn't do anything wrong, it's just the initial reaction my body has. Who knows why?
Anonymous asked:
Hii, could I ask for reasons why a person would be wary and averse to touch, even from those who they love and trust, that aren’t being abused, previously physically hurt?
Generalized anxiety, OCD, a family history of the phobia, a neurotic personality type, gender (this phobia is twice more likely in women than men), nerve or skin hypersensitivity, or sometimes it's just one of those random irrational fears that can't be explained.
Anonymous asked:
How long would it reasonably take for a captive to start flinching at gestures. The whumper is going to keep doing seemingly gentle touch that turns aggressive and I kind of want to see how short of a period it could take for the whumpee to see a gesture and Flinch.
That depends on variables. How touch-sensitive is the whumpee? Are they prone to fight, flight or freeze? How often does the whumper turn touch against them? If the whumpee is more naturally emotionally/psychologically sensitive, they’ll probably be quicker to react in fear than a whumpee who’s brave and defiant.
hellooo i had a fun thought the other day that i wanted to share about a pair of my characters, one of which had been captured and abused by a third character, and now has severe trauma from that. so! i had the other character start saying "bonk" like a full second before touching the traumatized one, as a warning so the touch wouldn't startle him and he wouldn't automatically think it was his abuser touching him because that happened a Lot since i find creepily-touchy characters fun to write (i like to put my characters through hell but then they get to be happy and heal afterwards lol)
Aw, that’s a good idea!
We need more of whumpees who are stressed, skittish and sleep-deprived and caretakers who know just the Secret Weapon to help them relax. They’ll be subtle about it, though, i.e. making idle conversation while casually carding a hand through Whumpee’s hair until A) Whumpee’s practically purring under their touch or B) They’re still trying to protest in little grumpy mumbles as they doze off.
Bonus points if Whumpee later asks them how they knew something like that would put them to sleep and Caretaker plays dumb. “Oh, does it? I never noticed!”
Anonymous asked:
What about whumps for a touch sensitive character? That would help me with this character so much
I gotcha!
- Pinning them in place
- Slapping/Backhanding them
- Grabbing them by the hair, chin, wrists, or neck
- Chronic aches because of fatigue/overworking/stress
- Dragging a weapon (i.e. a knife) threateningly across their skin
- Flinching when Caretaker has to touch them to treat them
- Avoiding showers because the water overstimulates their skin
- Panicking in large crowds because they’re constantly being jostled
- Pain from non-painful stimuli (Some touch sensitive people may feel really bad pain even from a few hairs brushing their skin or a tap on the shoulder)