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I swear I'm gonna write about Jin who has a whole RJ collection and carries around his fav RJ plush with him everywhere to the point where his friends dont even bat an eye cuz they've gotten to used to it and understand his plushie is for therapeutic and anti-anxiety purposes
Jin has PTSD and it gets pretty bad. The trauma is constantly on his mind and he doesnt know how to cope. He breaks down nearly every day and when he's triggered he nearly falls apart. His parents and sister are concerned for him and ask him to consider therapy.
So he goes. After a few sessions, his therapist suggests carrying around a stuffed animal, and whenever he has anxiety or feels himself start to break down, to pet it and focus on the feeling of its fur to ground him.
So he does that. He goes shopping with his sister since he
So he does that. He goes shopping with his sister since he
struggles to be anywhere by himself. They go to multiple stores until Jim stumbled across The One, a cute alpaca with a kind face and a cute lil orange bandana around its neck. RJ, the tag says. It's big enough for Jin to hug comfortably, and hes so soft.
The first time he attempts to step out the house by himself, he holds onto RJ for fear life. He gets anxiety and hes close to a panic attack before he remembers what his therapist taught him about grounding himself, so he tries to control his breathing, focuses on RJ's soft,
short fur, squeezing him and feels the cotton under the plushie. For a moment he does just that - squeezes RJ like a stress ball which alleviates much of his anxiety, until his breathing is controlled and he doesn't feel like he's going to die. He goes inside proud of himself
for not spiralling into a full episode. Small victories.
When he hangs out with his friends, it's a bit of an adjustment to bring RJ along, but they understand and don't give him a hard time or make fun of him.
"Whatever helps you get through the day," Yoongi had commented,
When he hangs out with his friends, it's a bit of an adjustment to bring RJ along, but they understand and don't give him a hard time or make fun of him.
"Whatever helps you get through the day," Yoongi had commented,
to Jin's relief.
Walking in public as a grown man hugging a children's plushie garnered more than a few people staring, which made Jin nervous, but petting RJ and giving all his attention to the alpaca helped ease his worries.
Walking in public as a grown man hugging a children's plushie garnered more than a few people staring, which made Jin nervous, but petting RJ and giving all his attention to the alpaca helped ease his worries.
He grows attached to the plushie and slowly starts amassing a collection of different RJ plushies, cushions, figures, and anything else with the alpacas face on it, but his favorite is the first RJ plushie he bought. Eventually the eyes of strangers in public dont bother him
as much, and the kind alpaca brings him more comfort than he imagined. Hugging him is like a breath of relief when he's stressed or anxious, and looking at his smiling face always makes him smile back.
Also sometimes his friends gift him RJ stuff and it makes Jin so happy!! His other favorite RJs are the two winter ones gifted to him for Christmas by Hoseok and Jimin ;;
