Just another installment to go a little deeper into the upbringing part of your OC. :) Since someonee asked me to go a little more into Psycological then yes; I will.

Past Writing

Early Childhood to Teens:

I'm not sure on other people, but, my childhood was something I considered normal and I cherish all the ups and downs. Here I see perfectly fine children who have had such blessed lives writing about character who, in their early childhood, went though such trauma that it is disgusting.

Most children who have done great things – or the most highlighted I should say – are the ones who have struggled during their childhood. People believe that this is the only way to be able to do great things when in fact they, the mainstream media, have ignored the fact that great things have been achieved by well off children as well.

In fact, dare I say, it's HARDER for a well off child to strive for greatness because they, usually, are complacent and therefore have to push even harder than the ones who are not so well off. A character doesn't have to be the poorest little street urchin or slave to be able to achieve amazing things.

Physical Abuse

Is a disgustingly popular topic for children... It's annoying and showed disrespect for actual victims since MOST of the Sues running around with scars on their back have no ACTUAL psychological issues or effects from it and I HATE IT.

A child, if you must, with abuse in their childhood has serious issues when getting older. They aren't going to be EMO OR GOTHS AND OH MY GOD HARDXCORE. No. No you still booboo ): They can be perfectly normal with friends but dead at home; they can create their own façade that can fall before them at any given moment.

The mind and behavior is a complex thing when making OCs. It is, literally, make a human being and you much treat them as such. The human being is complex and can be twisted and molded by the mind within; almost everything counts on their mind. Physical abuse can warp them to be manipulative, dark and testy.

Not Goths that cut themselves you attention whores.

Rape

Literally goes hand in hand with physical abuse now a days. Rape is one of the most traumatic things to ever happen to a woman or man but recently little girls have thrown this fact out the window and have been using it as a pity deceive. I dislike this fact with a passion. I do not deny the fact that I have written about it; but I tread carefully and I research and I have experience with the victims afterwards and I understand the reality of it,

Most of those writers, though, do not.

A rape victim is someone who begins to do either two things. I will say it bluntly, but not to offend.

Whore around until she finds "the one" because the first time was burned as a cursed, sickening feeling

Hate sex and any embodiment of relationships.

Sure there are mixtures that one can experiment with to see a strange outcome; but the usage of this as a throw in for a character is complete, and utterly unnecessary and disrespectful. Unless you have a damn good reason; fine something else to make your Sue PITTY PITTY FUL.

Psychological Abuse

The MOST underappreciated type of abuse in fiction, in my opinion, as people think this goes hand in hand with other abuse. It doesn't. The person abusing you doesn't have to even lay a finger on you. He/She takes you on mentally, breaks you and molds you into someone they want you to be or would never believe in being.

An example how serial killers are created and festered to progress into that strange state of mind; because their mind has twisted out of the norm.

I, myself, am working on a novel that beats HEAVILY on this subject matter that turns a small girl into a serial killer (shameless plug) and I make sure to go carefully into this matter because when dealing with twists; it should be believable.

With this kind of abuse, someone can make you who you are now much like your parents did when they taught their version of right from wrong. Right and wrong, to the character, can be very different which makes this such a genius form of manipulation which can make a very, very interesting OC.

Effects:

Look up the effects on the things you write. Wikipedia isn't ALWAYS the best; but since it's the internet it's one of the best you can get unless you're willing to library it all.

Next is going to be cliches and how to avoid them :)