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'''Coping''' is the act of minimizing the impact of stress and problems in life. In order to intentionally avoid any and all unpleasant realities Chris takes coping to unhealthy levels. People cope using multiple different ways that help reduce stress and increase performance whereas Chris uses coping mechanisms such as escapism and nostalgia which are known to be maladaptive and gets absolutely nothing done. Chris can easily be considered the king of escapism, as he does anything he can to avoid the harsh realities of his life.


Chris's rise to utter insanity, and his refusal to accept things as they are, has been popping up now and then throughout Christory, though it wouldn't fully come to light until April 15, 2020, where he no longer even considers himself "Christian", but instead believes to have swapped bodies with his creations. He started calling himself "Sonichu inside of Christine's body"
[[File:Psychic Type Talk.jpg|thumb|200px|Chris coped during the [[Idea Guys]] saga by mentally retreating to his fantasy world and hanging out with his [[imaginary friends]].]]
 
'''Coping''' is the act of minimizing the impact of [[stress]] and problems in life, and a fundamental part of the brain's ability to function and handle [[stress]]ful or upsetting situations. In order to intentionally avoid any and all unpleasant realities, Chris takes coping to unhealthy levels. People cope using multiple different ways that help reduce stress and increase performance. Chris however, uses coping mechanisms such as escapism and nostalgia, which are known to be forms of [[wikipedia:Coping#Negative techniques (maladaptive coping or non-coping)|maladaptive coping]], and gets absolutely nothing done. Chris can easily be considered the king of escapism, as he does anything he can to avoid dealing with the harsh realities of his life.  


==Overview==
==Overview==
Most people cope with stress using a variety of methods, including but not limited to [[Meditation|meditating]], [[Discord|talking with friends]], [[Biological clock|sleeping]], [[Obesity|eating]] or playing [[video games]]. Chris did these, as well as using some maladaptive coping mechanisms such as escapism and nostalgia. These tools, in moderation, can relieve stress, but Chris takes them to unhealthy levels. Coping is used to only temporarily relieve stress so a person can gather themselves and go finish the stressful task. Instead, Chris uses coping mechanisms for months on end and gets nothing done.


Most people cope with stress by meditating, talking with friends, sleeping and playing video games. Chris follows many of these but has also developed some maladaptive coping mechanisms such as escapism and nostalgia. These tools in moderation could relieve stress but Chris takes these to very unhealthy levels. Coping is used to only temporarily relieve stress, so a person can gather themselves and go finish the stressful task. But Chris uses coping mechanisms for months on end and gets nothing done.
For someone who effectively does nothing, Chris leads a very [[Chris and stress|stressful life]], and takes escapism very seriously. The most notable example of escapism includes [[CWCville]], a fictional city that Chris believes to be real, along with his [[imaginary friends]]... and no, that is not roleplaying; Chris truly believes that CWCville and [[Electric Hedgehog Pokémon|his characters]] are real (in both [[C-197]] and [[Dancing with Magi-Chan|1218]]).


For someone who has effectively done nothing, Chris leads a very [[Chris and stress|stressful life]], and takes escapism very seriously. The most notable example of escapism includes [[CWCville]], a fictional city from the comics that Chris believes to be real along with his [[imaginary friends]]… and no, that is not during some scenario-based roleplaying: Chris truly believes without any question that CWCville and [[Electric Hedgehog Pokémon|his characters]] are real (in both [[C-197]] and [[Dancing with Magi-Chan|1218]]).
Chris also shows signs of avoidance behaviors (the act of avoiding stressful situations or feelings), he claims his fictional concept of [[Dimensional Merge]] will fix all his problems and pay all his loans once it is complete.


Chris also shows signs of avoidance behaviours (the act of avoiding stressful situations or feelings), he claims his fictional concept of [[Dimensional Merge]] will fix all his problems and pay all his loans once it is complete.
Chris has also pushed [[nostalgia]] as far as possible: decades after leaving high school, his mind is still fixated on the positive events that occurred at the time. Recently, Chris bought a school desk, probably to help relive the gal-pal filled days.


Chris has also pushed [[nostalgia]] as far as possible: decades after leaving high school, his mind is still fixated on the positive events that occurred at the time. Recently, Chris bought a high school desk, probably to help relive those good gal-pal filled days.
==Chris 'dusting himself off'==
In the years and months prior to [[September 2011]], Chris displayed some degree of being able to move on and away from [[Julie Reveals Herself|traumatic events]] in his life; he'd simply try to throw the events in question to one side before becoming engrossed in whichever new [[Sweetheart]] or [[Troll]] crossed his field of vision. Following the death of [[Bob Chandler|his father]] however, Chris has lost this coping mechanism. After a protracted period of grieving, Chris instead began using maladaptive coping methods (excluding Flouncing and Death threats) that gradually evolved into their current state over the ensuing 8-9 years, among which are {{w|escapism}} ([[Astral projection]], the [[Dimensional Merge]]), {{w|Rationalization (psychology)|rationalization}} ("I can't go to BABScon because of [[COVID-19]], so it must be a part of the merge!"), {{w|dissociation}} and {{w|Safety behaviors (anxiety)|safety behaviors}} ([[Spirit possession]]), and {{w|sensitization}} (i.e. flipping out over blocks on [[Twitter]], resulting in the [[Soft Exile]]).


==Chris 'dusting himself off'==
In the years and months prior to [[September 2011]], Chris displayed some degree of being able to move on and away from traumatic events in his life ([[Julie Reveals Herself|the Medallion incident]] being a prominent example of this) - he'd simply try to throw the events in question to one side before becoming engrossed in whichever new [[Sweetheart]] or [[Troll]] crossed his field of vision. Following the death of [[Bob Chandler|his father]], Chris has seemingly lost this coping mechanism - after a protracted period of grieving, Chris instead began introducing the maladaptive coping methods (excluding Flouncing, described below) that gradually evolved into their current state over the ensuing 8-9 years, among which are [[wikipedia:Escapism|Escapism]] ([[Astral projection]], the [[Dimensional Merge]]), [[wikipedia:Rationalisation|Rationalisation]] ("I can't go to BABScon because of [[COVID-19]], but that must be because COVID-19 is a way of ensuring the merge!"), [[wikipedia:Dissociation|Dissociation]] and [[wikipedia:Safety behaviors (anxiety)|Safety behavior]]s ([[Spirit possession]]), and [[wikipedia:Sensitization|Sensitization]] (i.e. flipping out over blocks on [[Twitter]], resulting in the [[Soft Exile]] period).
== Nostalgia ==
== Nostalgia ==
{{Main|Chris and nostalgia}}
{{Main|Chris and nostalgia}}
Like many people, Chris has a strong sense of nostalgia for past events. ''Unlike'' many people, Chris has used nostalgia as a crutch, and prefers to retreat into his rose-tinted view of the past instead of confronting issues facing him in the present day.
==Death threats==
{{Main|Death threats}}
One of Chris's most vociferous coping mechanisms, and one that, alongside Flouncing, predates the newer examples. Chris genuinely believes that wishing death on people is a valid coping mechanism/response to [[stress]]ful situations; recipients of these death threats include [[Trolls]] of the Classic Era such as [[Clyde Cash]], [[Vivian Gee]], [[Liquid Chris]], [[Jack Thaddeus]] and [[Alec Benson Leary]], former President of the United States of America, [[Pmurt|Donald Trump]] and former Vice President Mike Pence, former friend [[Megan Schroeder]], and even ''every employee'' at [[Sega]], to name just a small number of them.


==Flouncing==
==Flouncing==
{{Quote|Damn trolls. Your bullying is not appreciated, even locally. So you can just take your bullyings, and bully yourselves. If you want to do- if you want- if you're bored, [[Tour of Chris's House|go work around the house]]. [[A Hike|Go take a walk]]. 'Cause you don't need the internet. [[Chris and video games|You don't need to stay cooped up inside]], [[Chris and health|you just need to go outside, and enjoy life]], and the sun, and the days you have to live.|Chris, suggesting alternatives to the Internet that in reality he refused to do, [[YouTube Finale]]}}
{{Quote|Damn trolls. Your bullying is not appreciated, even locally. So you can just take your bullyings, and bully yourselves. If you want to do- if you want- if you're bored, [[Tour of Chris's House|go work around the house]]. [[A Hike|Go take a walk]]. 'Cause you don't need the internet. [[Chris and video games|You don't need to stay cooped up inside]], [[Chris and health|you just need to go outside, and enjoy life]], and the sun, and the days you have to live.|Chris, suggesting alternatives to the Internet that he refuses to do himself, [[YouTube Finale]]}}
The first of Chris's maladaptive coping mechanisms, Chris's habit of flouncing, or ragequitting the internet, is something Chris has [[YouTube Finale|attempted]] [[03212010 C-Ya Later.MOV|several]] [[Soft Exile|times]]. This behaviour bears the most resemblance to the maladaptive coping strategy of [[wikipedia:Avoidance coping|Avoidance]], but Chris's flouncing behaviour bears several differences. In these cases, Chris only intended to make the internet ''think'' he had quit, and hoped that by avoiding the internet and lying low, the Trolls and Christorians associated with him would disappear. However, trolls would quickly [[manipulate]] Chris back online by using an undercover troll posing as his real life friends to convince him that another [[sweetheart]] had been thoroughly vetted as legitimate, and the sweetheart would in turn convince Chris to make more videos. In the case of the [[YouTube Finale|first instance of Chris flouncing]], he returned after a mere ''36 hours'' to [[Cleveland Show Voice Rant|ramble about a ''Family Guy'' spinoff]].
The first of Chris's maladaptive coping mechanisms, Chris's habit of flouncing, or ragequitting the internet, is something he has [[YouTube Finale|attempted]] [[03212010 C-Ya Later.MOV|several]] [[Soft Exile|times]]. This behavior bears the most resemblance to the maladaptive coping strategy of {{w|Avoidance coping|avoidance}}, but Chris's flouncing behavior bears several differences. In these cases, Chris only intended to make the internet ''think'' he had quit, and hoped that by lying low, the Trolls would disappear. However, trolls would quickly [[manipulate]] Chris back online by using an undercover troll posing as his real life friends to convince him that another [[sweetheart]] had been confirmed to be legitimate, and the sweetheart would in turn convince Chris to make more videos. In the case of the [[YouTube Finale|first instance of Chris flouncing]], he returned after a mere ''36 hours'' to [[Cleveland Show Voice Rant|ramble about a ''Family Guy'' spinoff]].


==Escapism==
==Escapism==
Chris has long used escapism as a maladaptive coping mechanism against [[reality]].
Chris has long used escapism as a maladaptive coping mechanism against [[reality]].


Even in his younger adult years, Chris took escapism to unhealthy levels, such as believing to have [[imaginary friends]] and magic powers, especially in moments of [[stress]], as during [[Mary Lee Walsh]]'s confrontation over his [[Attraction Sign]]s. Chris's habit of escapism greatly ramped up in the years following his [[father]]'s 2011 death. By 2017, he was invested further in trying to learn psychic powers and believed that imaginary friend [[Magi-Chan]] was tangible and dancing with him at the 2017 [[BronyCon]].
Even in his younger adult years, Chris took escapism to unhealthy levels, such as believing to have [[imaginary friends]] and magic powers, especially in moments of [[stress]], like during [[Mary Lee Walsh]]'s confrontation over his [[Attraction Sign]]s. Chris's habit of escapism greatly ramped up in the years following his [[father]]'s 2011 death. By 2017, he was invested further in trying to learn psychic powers and believed that imaginary friend [[Magi-Chan]] was tangible and dancing with him at the 2017 [[BronyCon]].


In late 2017, the [[Idea Guys]] exploited Chris's habit of escapism to [[List of beliefs brainwashed into Chris|brainwash]] his beliefs over his fantasy world, followed by a parade of copycats. As a result of their manipulation, Chris retreated further into his fantasies, now believing in concepts such as the [[polyamorous marriage]], the [[Dimensional Merge]] and [[CPU]] goddesses.
In late 2017, the [[Idea Guys]] exploited Chris's habit of escapism to [[List of beliefs brainwashed into Chris|brainwash]] their beliefs over his fantasy world, followed by a parade of copycats. As a result of their manipulation - and even with the attempts by the [[Guard Dogs]] to repair some of the damage the Idea Guys had dealt to Chris's psyche - Chris opted to retreat further into the wreckage of his imagination and the fantasies associated with it, now believing in concepts such as [[polyamorous marriage]], the [[Dimensional Merge]] and [[CPU]] goddesses.


=== Roleplaying ===
=== Roleplaying ===
{{main|Spirit possession}}
{{main|Spirit possession}}


Chris has a history of roleplaying. He roleplayed infront of Mary Lee Walsh as Sonichu and read out a speech for her. In a [[CWC Cums for a Cat|phonesex conversation]], Chris roleplayed as Sonichu, for sexual pleasure. In recent times he roleplays to escape reality. His first escapist roleplay was of Magi-chan on 15 august 2019, he stopped it a month later and declared that Chris has come back to 1218. He also uses his sock puppet account MagiChan111448 for roleplaying as Magi-chan, how Magi-chan types without a body is something only Emmanuelle would know. He started to role play as Sonichu from 15 April 2020 (he claimed to be possessed since 31 March 2020) as a coping mechanism for the cancellation of BABScon. On 19 April 2020 Chris appeared on a [[Chris Chan & Max Mandu LIVE / Leftovers Tonight| livestream]] where he asked the host to refer to him as "Sonichu in Chris's body".
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[[File:Sonichu982-9390.png|thumb|Sonichu stealing mama's discord account]]
[[File:Possessed Chris.jpg|thumb|<s>Roleplaying as</s> Possessed by Magi-chan]]
[[File:Possessed Chris.jpg|thumb|<s>Roleplaying as</s> Possessed by Magi-chan]]
When roleplaying, Chris refers to himself in third person, in videos he (tries to) change his voice and vocabulary. When roleplaying as Sonichu he calls himself “Mama”.
He sometimes changes the profile picture and display name of his social media to match the OC he is "possessed" by. He also changes his signature to match the OC's name.<Br>
This behaviour was unseen from Chris till the Idea guys and Teen troon squad roleplayed as characters from CWCville to bend Chris into their will. After their removal, Chris retained the idea of roleplaying by saying his OCs are manifesting in dimension 1218 (the real world) through his body for various reasons.
<br>
When roleplaying, Chris says things that would sound incredibly weird if it came from "Chris's" mouth, for example he called [[Barb]] a guilty pleasure waifu while roleplaying as Magi-chan.
He might say this to prove he is no longer Chris as Chris would never say something like this... [[Incest|right?]]. He may be thinking that if he's caught for saying stupid shit he can pin the blame on his imaginary character and get away scot free.


====List of Roleplays====
Chris has a history of roleplaying. He roleplayed in front of Mary Lee Walsh as Sonichu and read out a speech for her. In a [[CWC Cums for a Cat|phonesex conversation]], Chris roleplayed as Sonichu for sexual pleasure. In the 2010s and beyond, he roleplayed to escape reality. His first escapist roleplay was of [[Hyperdimension Neptunia|Uzume Tennouboshi]] at the beginning of the [[Idea Guys]] saga. He also uses his sock puppet account, MagiChan111448, for roleplaying as Magi-chan; how Magi-chan types without a body is something only Emmanuelle would know. He started to role play Sonichu from 15 April 2020 (he claimed to be possessed since 31 March 2020) as a coping mechanism for the cancellation of BABScon. On 19 April 2020 Chris appeared on a [[Chris Chan & Max Mandu LIVE / Leftovers Tonight| livestream]] where he asked the host to refer to him as "Sonichu in Chris's body".


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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!Reason
!Reason
|-
|-
|Sonichu
|[[Sonichu]]
|?? ?? 2004
|?? ?? 2004
|None
|None
|To give a speech TO THE EXTREME
|To give a speech TO THE EXTREME!
|-
|-
|Sonichu
|[[Chris-chan Sonichu]]
|13 February 2009
|13 February 2009
|None
|None
|Sexy time with a [[Julie|<s>13 year old boy</s> 19 year old girl]]
|Sexy time with a [[Bluespike#Max|<s>13 year old boy</s>]][[Julie | 19 year old girl]].
|-
|[[Hyperdimension Neptunia|Uzume]]
|8 November 2017
|13 November 2017
|Part of lore [[brainwashed]] into Chris by an [[Idea Guy]].
|-
|[[Chris Chan Sonichu]]
|30 March 2018
|30 March 2018
|Chris repeatedly signed his name as "Chris Chan Sonichu" on court documents relating to his [[Chris and the law#2018|March 2018 trespass charge]] despite it not being his legal name, though no action was taken by court staff on the matter.<ref>https://kiwifarms.net/threads/court-records-from-2018-signed-chris-chan-sonichu.75721/</ref>
|-
|-
|Magi-chan
|[[Magi-chan]]
|14 August 2019
|14 August 2019
|14 September 2019
|On/off, ongoing
|None
|Meet [[Jacob Sockness]] in a fantasy world to avoid doing so in real life.
|-
|-
|Sonichu
|Sonichu
|15 April 2020
|15 April 2020
|22 May 2020
|25 February 2021
|To attend BABScon in C-197
|To attend BABScon in [[C-197]]; "Sonichu" promises not to return to his homebody until some incomprehensible time travel scenario plays out in Chris's head. Stopped the LARP after being convinced to by an enabler.
|-
|-
|Mewtwo
|[[Mewtwo]]
|14 May 2020
|14 May 2020
|None
|None
|White knighting himself on twitter
|White knighting himself on Twitter.
|-
|[[Chris and religion#Chris and Christianity: Historical beliefs|Jesus Christ]]
|19 September 2021
|Ongoing
|Comfort while in [[Jail Saga|jail]] facing [[Affair with Mother|incest]] charges.
|}
|}


===Power Fantasies===
===Power fantasies===
A power fantasy is a form of wish fulfillment that involves someone who feels powerless making themselves seem more significant. A popular example of this kind of behavior is when an author makes themselves a major component of their story, and gives themselves unlimited power over an unfavorable situation they'd encounter. Such characters, which are examples of self-inserts, are often referred to as "Mary Sues", "Marty Stus", or "Gary Stus" among fan circles. While most people have indulged in power fantasies in their life, Chris's maladaptive daydreaming has taken his adherence of such fantasies to a truly unhealthy level.


A power fantasy is a form of wish fulfillment that involves someone who feels powerless making themselves seem more significant. A popular example of this kind of behavior is when an author makes themselves a major component of their story, and gives themselves unlimited power over an unfavorable situation or predicament they’d encounter. Characters that fit this description are often referred to as “Mary Sues” or “Marty Stus”.
One of the best examples of this is Chris coping with stressful situations through escapism by replicating them in his [[Sonichu|comics]]. Chris’s comics have served as an outlet to form a narrative centered around a stressful event, instead making everything work out as he would have wanted. Oftentimes, the people who gave him a hard time would be depicted as villains, while Chris or his lackeys would prove to be powerful enough to defeat them with ease.


Possibly one of the best examples of this is Chris coping with stressful situations through escapism by replicating them in his [[Sonichu]] comics. Chris’s comics have served as an outlet to form a narrative centered around a stressful event, instead making everything work out as he would have wanted. Often times the people who gave him a hard time would be depicted as villains, while Chris or his lackeys would prove to be powerful enough to defeat them with ease.
Chris originally centered these comics around his lovechild, Sonichu, where he would showcase his many adventures and overcome various bad guys. However, even this wouldn’t stop Chris from making the comics go full power fantasy at as early as the [[Sonichu 0|very first issue]]. From [[Issue 2]] and onwards, Chris would then turn his comics into a power fantasy series, where he would be in direct control over all of the people who wronged him, and get all of the things he wants.
 
Chris originally centered these comics around his lovechild, Sonichu, where they would showcase his many misadventures, and overcome various bad guys. However even this wouldn’t stop Chris from making the comics go full power fantasy at as early as the [[Sonichu 0|very first issue]]. From [[Issue 2]] and onwards, Chris would then turn his comics into a power fantasy series, where he would be in direct control over all of the people who wronged him, and get all of the things he wants.


This type of behavior from Chris isn’t strictly limited to his comics.
This type of behavior from Chris isn’t strictly limited to his comics.


=== New Age methods ===
=== New Age methods ===
{{main|Meditation}}
[[File:Magi-chan twitter update.Sep 28, 2019.jpg|320px|thumb|under]]
Chris has also been utilizing several New Age concepts and beliefs in order to avoid reality and the stress caused by it, including (but not limited to) listening to [[Subliminal Frequency Hypnosis]] videos, [[Spirit possession|larping as his]] [[OCs]], and [[meditation]]. Upon recently he has been using ways of [[Spirit possession|body-swapping]] with a number of his OC's, including Magi-chan, Mewtwo, and most famously Sonichu. This is a tactic Chris uses in order to escape or get away from the stresses of life and the internet in which he creates, but how he does this is quite confusing yet idiotic. Apparently he takes on the OC's role and inadvertently swaps minds and bodies with the said OC in the sister dimension of C-197 which gives him a break in order to reevaluate his current situation. To him he thinks it works, but it is not subtle in the slightest and when he has been active on social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook, there have been times where Christorians noticed minor hints to his normal mannerisms such as his way of speech or downright forgetting that he's in Sonichu's body. It happens in times where Chris is feeling overwhelmed where he almost metaphorically retracts into his delusional shell from the world, and there have been times where he has done this for long periods of time, the longest being nearly a year. For him it's a normal method he has developed for blocking out the world, but others see it as a unhealthy way to avoid life problems instead of facing them head on, while also falling back on that his mad ravings of the [[Merge]] "coming" justify his ideals of using this way of coping. It is by far one of his most crazed mental acts that people have seen in a long time.


Chris has also been utilizing several New Age concepts and beliefs in order to avoid reality.
===During the Jail Saga===
In the wake of Chris's [[Affair with Mother|incestuous relationship with his mother]], he was sent to jail where he is currently awaiting trial. Being away from familiar surroundings like his home, toys and mother for months, he doubled down on his coping.


Taking his evolving [[messiah complex]] to its ultimate conclusion, he crafted a new fantasy of being Jesus Christ, role-playing as the religious figure in multiple [[jail communications]]. He also continued his fantasies of living out the life of a cartoon hero, interacting with [[imaginary friends]] and battling the forces of evil.
{{quote|[I'm] really doing well, very well. I, I'm literally fighting a whole bunch of demons and villains and everything. And I'm defending the [[CWCville|cities]], saving the world multiple times, and [[Messiah complex|answering prayers]] and all that... phew! [[Chris and hypocrisy|I'm definitely NOT lazy]].|Chris<ref>[[Jail Call - 24 December 2021]]</ref>}}


==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Autism]]
*[[Autism]]
*[[BABSCon]]
*[[Chris and Reality]]
*[[Chris and Reality]]
*[[Dimensional Merge]]


==References==
==References==
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Heart100.jpg Health disclosure: This article contains in-depth discussion of Chris's physical and/or mental health. This page is not to be construed as a substitute for medical advice or a professional diagnosis. All diagnoses are either taken from outside documentation or based on amateur analysis.
Chris coped during the Idea Guys saga by mentally retreating to his fantasy world and hanging out with his imaginary friends.

Coping is the act of minimizing the impact of stress and problems in life, and a fundamental part of the brain's ability to function and handle stressful or upsetting situations. In order to intentionally avoid any and all unpleasant realities, Chris takes coping to unhealthy levels. People cope using multiple different ways that help reduce stress and increase performance. Chris however, uses coping mechanisms such as escapism and nostalgia, which are known to be forms of maladaptive coping, and gets absolutely nothing done. Chris can easily be considered the king of escapism, as he does anything he can to avoid dealing with the harsh realities of his life.

Overview

Most people cope with stress using a variety of methods, including but not limited to meditating, talking with friends, sleeping, eating or playing video games. Chris did these, as well as using some maladaptive coping mechanisms such as escapism and nostalgia. These tools, in moderation, can relieve stress, but Chris takes them to unhealthy levels. Coping is used to only temporarily relieve stress so a person can gather themselves and go finish the stressful task. Instead, Chris uses coping mechanisms for months on end and gets nothing done.

For someone who effectively does nothing, Chris leads a very stressful life, and takes escapism very seriously. The most notable example of escapism includes CWCville, a fictional city that Chris believes to be real, along with his imaginary friends... and no, that is not roleplaying; Chris truly believes that CWCville and his characters are real (in both C-197 and 1218).

Chris also shows signs of avoidance behaviors (the act of avoiding stressful situations or feelings), he claims his fictional concept of Dimensional Merge will fix all his problems and pay all his loans once it is complete.

Chris has also pushed nostalgia as far as possible: decades after leaving high school, his mind is still fixated on the positive events that occurred at the time. Recently, Chris bought a school desk, probably to help relive the gal-pal filled days.

Chris 'dusting himself off'

In the years and months prior to September 2011, Chris displayed some degree of being able to move on and away from traumatic events in his life; he'd simply try to throw the events in question to one side before becoming engrossed in whichever new Sweetheart or Troll crossed his field of vision. Following the death of his father however, Chris has lost this coping mechanism. After a protracted period of grieving, Chris instead began using maladaptive coping methods (excluding Flouncing and Death threats) that gradually evolved into their current state over the ensuing 8-9 years, among which are escapism (Astral projection, the Dimensional Merge), rationalization ("I can't go to BABScon because of COVID-19, so it must be a part of the merge!"), dissociation and safety behaviors (Spirit possession), and sensitization (i.e. flipping out over blocks on Twitter, resulting in the Soft Exile).

Nostalgia

Main article: Chris and nostalgia

Like many people, Chris has a strong sense of nostalgia for past events. Unlike many people, Chris has used nostalgia as a crutch, and prefers to retreat into his rose-tinted view of the past instead of confronting issues facing him in the present day.

Death threats

Main article: Death threats

One of Chris's most vociferous coping mechanisms, and one that, alongside Flouncing, predates the newer examples. Chris genuinely believes that wishing death on people is a valid coping mechanism/response to stressful situations; recipients of these death threats include Trolls of the Classic Era such as Clyde Cash, Vivian Gee, Liquid Chris, Jack Thaddeus and Alec Benson Leary, former President of the United States of America, Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence, former friend Megan Schroeder, and even every employee at Sega, to name just a small number of them.

Flouncing

Damn trolls. Your bullying is not appreciated, even locally. So you can just take your bullyings, and bully yourselves. If you want to do- if you want- if you're bored, go work around the house. Go take a walk. 'Cause you don't need the internet. You don't need to stay cooped up inside, you just need to go outside, and enjoy life, and the sun, and the days you have to live.
Chris, suggesting alternatives to the Internet that he refuses to do himself, YouTube Finale

The first of Chris's maladaptive coping mechanisms, Chris's habit of flouncing, or ragequitting the internet, is something he has attempted several times. This behavior bears the most resemblance to the maladaptive coping strategy of avoidance, but Chris's flouncing behavior bears several differences. In these cases, Chris only intended to make the internet think he had quit, and hoped that by lying low, the Trolls would disappear. However, trolls would quickly manipulate Chris back online by using an undercover troll posing as his real life friends to convince him that another sweetheart had been confirmed to be legitimate, and the sweetheart would in turn convince Chris to make more videos. In the case of the first instance of Chris flouncing, he returned after a mere 36 hours to ramble about a Family Guy spinoff.

Escapism

Chris has long used escapism as a maladaptive coping mechanism against reality.

Even in his younger adult years, Chris took escapism to unhealthy levels, such as believing to have imaginary friends and magic powers, especially in moments of stress, like during Mary Lee Walsh's confrontation over his Attraction Signs. Chris's habit of escapism greatly ramped up in the years following his father's 2011 death. By 2017, he was invested further in trying to learn psychic powers and believed that imaginary friend Magi-Chan was tangible and dancing with him at the 2017 BronyCon.

In late 2017, the Idea Guys exploited Chris's habit of escapism to brainwash their beliefs over his fantasy world, followed by a parade of copycats. As a result of their manipulation - and even with the attempts by the Guard Dogs to repair some of the damage the Idea Guys had dealt to Chris's psyche - Chris opted to retreat further into the wreckage of his imagination and the fantasies associated with it, now believing in concepts such as polyamorous marriage, the Dimensional Merge and CPU goddesses.

Roleplaying

Main article: Spirit possession
Roleplaying as Possessed by Magi-chan

Chris has a history of roleplaying. He roleplayed in front of Mary Lee Walsh as Sonichu and read out a speech for her. In a phonesex conversation, Chris roleplayed as Sonichu for sexual pleasure. In the 2010s and beyond, he roleplayed to escape reality. His first escapist roleplay was of Uzume Tennouboshi at the beginning of the Idea Guys saga. He also uses his sock puppet account, MagiChan111448, for roleplaying as Magi-chan; how Magi-chan types without a body is something only Emmanuelle would know. He started to role play Sonichu from 15 April 2020 (he claimed to be possessed since 31 March 2020) as a coping mechanism for the cancellation of BABScon. On 19 April 2020 Chris appeared on a livestream where he asked the host to refer to him as "Sonichu in Chris's body".

Roleplayed as From/On To Reason
Sonichu ?? ?? 2004 None To give a speech TO THE EXTREME!
Chris-chan Sonichu 13 February 2009 None Sexy time with a 13 year old boy 19 year old girl.
Uzume 8 November 2017 13 November 2017 Part of lore brainwashed into Chris by an Idea Guy.
Chris Chan Sonichu 30 March 2018 30 March 2018 Chris repeatedly signed his name as "Chris Chan Sonichu" on court documents relating to his March 2018 trespass charge despite it not being his legal name, though no action was taken by court staff on the matter.[1]
Magi-chan 14 August 2019 On/off, ongoing Meet Jacob Sockness in a fantasy world to avoid doing so in real life.
Sonichu 15 April 2020 25 February 2021 To attend BABScon in C-197; "Sonichu" promises not to return to his homebody until some incomprehensible time travel scenario plays out in Chris's head. Stopped the LARP after being convinced to by an enabler.
Mewtwo 14 May 2020 None White knighting himself on Twitter.
Jesus Christ 19 September 2021 Ongoing Comfort while in jail facing incest charges.

Power fantasies

A power fantasy is a form of wish fulfillment that involves someone who feels powerless making themselves seem more significant. A popular example of this kind of behavior is when an author makes themselves a major component of their story, and gives themselves unlimited power over an unfavorable situation they'd encounter. Such characters, which are examples of self-inserts, are often referred to as "Mary Sues", "Marty Stus", or "Gary Stus" among fan circles. While most people have indulged in power fantasies in their life, Chris's maladaptive daydreaming has taken his adherence of such fantasies to a truly unhealthy level.

One of the best examples of this is Chris coping with stressful situations through escapism by replicating them in his comics. Chris’s comics have served as an outlet to form a narrative centered around a stressful event, instead making everything work out as he would have wanted. Oftentimes, the people who gave him a hard time would be depicted as villains, while Chris or his lackeys would prove to be powerful enough to defeat them with ease.

Chris originally centered these comics around his lovechild, Sonichu, where he would showcase his many adventures and overcome various bad guys. However, even this wouldn’t stop Chris from making the comics go full power fantasy at as early as the very first issue. From Issue 2 and onwards, Chris would then turn his comics into a power fantasy series, where he would be in direct control over all of the people who wronged him, and get all of the things he wants.

This type of behavior from Chris isn’t strictly limited to his comics.

New Age methods

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Chris has also been utilizing several New Age concepts and beliefs in order to avoid reality and the stress caused by it, including (but not limited to) listening to Subliminal Frequency Hypnosis videos, larping as his OCs, and meditation. Upon recently he has been using ways of body-swapping with a number of his OC's, including Magi-chan, Mewtwo, and most famously Sonichu. This is a tactic Chris uses in order to escape or get away from the stresses of life and the internet in which he creates, but how he does this is quite confusing yet idiotic. Apparently he takes on the OC's role and inadvertently swaps minds and bodies with the said OC in the sister dimension of C-197 which gives him a break in order to reevaluate his current situation. To him he thinks it works, but it is not subtle in the slightest and when he has been active on social media platforms like Twitter or Facebook, there have been times where Christorians noticed minor hints to his normal mannerisms such as his way of speech or downright forgetting that he's in Sonichu's body. It happens in times where Chris is feeling overwhelmed where he almost metaphorically retracts into his delusional shell from the world, and there have been times where he has done this for long periods of time, the longest being nearly a year. For him it's a normal method he has developed for blocking out the world, but others see it as a unhealthy way to avoid life problems instead of facing them head on, while also falling back on that his mad ravings of the Merge "coming" justify his ideals of using this way of coping. It is by far one of his most crazed mental acts that people have seen in a long time.

During the Jail Saga

In the wake of Chris's incestuous relationship with his mother, he was sent to jail where he is currently awaiting trial. Being away from familiar surroundings like his home, toys and mother for months, he doubled down on his coping.

Taking his evolving messiah complex to its ultimate conclusion, he crafted a new fantasy of being Jesus Christ, role-playing as the religious figure in multiple jail communications. He also continued his fantasies of living out the life of a cartoon hero, interacting with imaginary friends and battling the forces of evil.

[I'm] really doing well, very well. I, I'm literally fighting a whole bunch of demons and villains and everything. And I'm defending the cities, saving the world multiple times, and answering prayers and all that... phew! I'm definitely NOT lazy.
Chris[2]

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