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Smol Whumpee who loves loves loves Tol Caretaker's big breathless pressure stim hugs that squeeze the stuffing out of them and fill it all with warmth and love. Smol Whumpee who's now been found so beaten and broken that Tol Caretaker has to handle them like glass, no matter how desperately they want to hold them tight and never let go again. It won't really feel like a reunion until they're healed enough to do so, if they can heal
Caretaker opting not to give Whumpee hugs because they don’t want to push their physical boundaries after what Whumper did to them, while Whumpee wants nothing more than a big hug but struggles to request one for fear of being rejected, each of them assuming that the other hates touch and they’ll just have to live without it
Imagine after they figure out the misunderstanding, how warm and sweet and safe their first hug will feel ❤️
Hey! Just wondering your thoughts on a touch starved whumper, who, after a while of having whumpee, starts to become dependant on them. Other whumpee's simply become non-existent and they find themselves hyper-focusing on whumpee and only whumpee. They find themselves becoming obsessed with binding the whumpee to themselves one way or another- no matter what and no matter how they have to do it.
Oo, creepy, I like it! Usually you only see whumpees who are touch starved, it makes an interesting motivation for it to be the whumper!
Whumpee leaning into a gentle touch, only to jump and recoil when they abruptly realize that isn't Caretaker's hand
Touch starved Whumpee feeling guilty about asking or imposing on Caretaker for affection, and Caretaker noticing. Patiently, wordlessly opening their arms, ruffling their hair, interlacing their fingers, nudging their foot under the table, lifting the edge of the blankets so they can cuddle up 💕
That moment when the Whumpee (who is normally stoic and tough) wordlessly moves their hand on their sickbed to touch their Caretaker's hand. A silent begging for human touch.
YESSSSSSS
Touch starved Whumpee getting a massage from Caretaker and just totally melting into them, feeling safer than they have in months or years
Time for another whump dream: I dreamt there was a sort of fantasy bloodlust curse cast over a family, where if Family Member A caused an injury to Family Member B, they would get a bloodlust from it and go out of control trying to murder them for another opportunity to witness their pain.
This led to families forced apart, estranged and touch-starved. They couldn’t bring themselves to touch each other or be close because they didn’t want to risk somehow causing an injury.
If someone was prevented from having physical touch from anyone by the main whumper for a long period of time (months even) was beaten, would it be more intense?
Emotionally and psychologically, probably -- that “safe” physical connection they had formed with that one person would be broken and associated with new danger and unpredictability. They would have to live with the stress and uncertainty of not knowing if the next touch would be kind or cruel.
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?
Oh ho ho, have you considered... both touch repulsed and touch starved at the same time, and wanting to write both but also not wanting to let on how weird a brain you have?
Has someone made a shaking hand meme for that yet?
Me: *wants to write a touch-starved character finally receiving affection* Also me: *is lowkey touchstarved irl and doesnt know how affection works in the least*
I kinda feel that on the opposite side 😅
Me: *loves writing affection*
Also me: *flinches for no reason when receiving affection, even when it's somebody I trust*
Yo touch starved anon! I am the exact thing you describe! I *hate* being touched but when it's someone I trust it does feel wonderful. It took me a while to realize I was touch-starved but the feelings have always persisted so yeah! Totally possible!
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Can a person be touch starved but in complete denial? Like, they hate being touched and yet when someone does, it feels wonderful? Or is that not realistic?
Well, I know the opposite is possible (wanting to be touched but when someone does, it feels bad) because that’s literally me 😅 Because of that, I’m sure the kind you mentioned is possible too
Hi! I wasn't really sure if I could, but is it all right if I ask u for advice? My friends and I are "arguing" (its like a friendly argument) about whether or not a touch starved character getting overwhelmed at being touched counts as whump or just general angst? It's okay if you don't answer or don't really know!
I think it counts as whump because it involves a physical aspect! In my mind I think of angst as more about emotions. Touch starvation and sensitivity is physical.
A touch starved whumpee flinching and shivering as Caretaker runs gentle, soothing fingers over their head, neck and back
Do you have any ideas for a whumpee that has scars/is touch starved but refuses to show it and finally breaks down?
