The work I am involved with Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven has several NPC characters that have various disabilities - including depression. One of the RO, Tommy, is in the midst of a depression. Another, Rosie, has bipolar disorder - imagine trying to find drugs for that during an apocalypse …
As a matter of fact, every character and this includes the MC is in need of some sort of therapy or counseling.
With regards to the MC, you have the option of choosing various “challenges” that are disabilities - from sleep disorder to kleptomania. One of the most popular challenges is that of having a delusional friend named: Ray - and because of an unintentional bug in the latest release Ray had affected a minor scene (assigning chores) that sparked a huge discussion…
In the future, we plan on doing even more (we meaning the co-authors). It is one of the many reasons we are all working on this - by both introducing new characters with disabilities and including more involvement with those already introduced (ie a new NPC character will have a physical disability and the MC will be able to help or hurt Tommy as he goes through this depression).
From an author’s standpoint - testing and feedback is very important when trying to write about characters that you are not explicitly and intimately familiar with. One of the reasons my contest entry has multiple Non-binary characters in it is because of the awesome testers I had and the detailed, in-depth feedback they gave me.
I’m going to take these specific posts out of this thread and making a new thread for this topic.