No. Potential brief allusion to the existence of deadnaming-- "All those who saw you and refuse to speak your name"-- but the line is ambiguous and may refer to a title.
Not quite, but it’s notable that Sydney’s in several situations of active abuse and is often made to apologize to / acquiesce to abusers— on occasion he begins to believe they “love” him.
I’m pretty sure Blue Mayfield (voice of Sydney) has talked about sharing most of Sydney’s disabilities and neurodivergencies, there are several other characters (ie Jedidiah’s ADHD or Yvonne’s dyslexia) that I’m less sure about
(Some spoilers)
The main villain has the ability to cause a religious fervor in others and creates a cult around the protagonist. In terms of real world religion, there’s also mention of Jedidiah having been Christian (he no longer is) and the casting call refers to Fennel as Jewish although this hasn’t come up in the podcast itself yet.
Main character is revealed to have no house, instead staying in his room at the camp year-round. While a very minor plot point, it is a tragic result of his financial circumstances
As Sydney and Jedidiah grow distant the curtness of their goodbyes increases. There’s at least one argument where Jedidiah simply shuts the door and leaves.
This culminates in a scene where Sydney walks entirely out of the campgrounds and into the woods for multiple days without a goodbye or clue as to his whereabouts. Jedidiah is distraught in the aftermath.
Due to denial, negligence, and on one count willful malevolence, many characters deny the danger of Sydney's very real stalker. Sydney deals with psychosis, and his fears are attributed to hallucinations, despite reality. The resulting mental spiral this induces is detailed and potentially upsetting.
Sydney speaks frequently about the severe neglect he experienced as a kid.
In addition, someone who took him in gaslights him regularly (and is implied to manipulate her own child as well). Although all parties are adults when this takes place, the dynamics are still toxic and could be upsetting.
One joke about ketamine, some mentions of medicine, and a brief warning remark to a character about not fostering a dependence on meds. no actual addiction has resulted
A rabbit’s corpse is necromanced, and the decaying rabbit is described. It does not have any consciousness with which to feel pain, but it’s eventually dismembered.
Not as in a rape, but lack of consent is a theme. The main character is stalked with romantic/sexual intent. The stalker manipulates him, uses magic with a druglike effect, and slowdances with him while he's half conscious. (There is also an ambiguous line where Sydney states that most people who confessed love to him were trying to "get something out of" him. Unclear what.)
a camp counselor is described to have been “strung up on the flagpole gallows style” and “sentenced to be hung by the neck until dead” by campers. he lives but is mentioned to have bad rope burn on his neck.
By penguins (played for laughs).
In a serious example, a character is coerced under magical influence to follow after a dangerous person. This same character is later kidnapped offscreen (and tied up) while unconscious.
I don't personally recall vomiting, and I am an emetophobe. Possibly the "yes" here refers to a brief gagging audio. (A character is appalled at the idea of eating mushrooms, which he views as sentient/sacred.)
One of few fiction podcasts that avoids this! The majority of the gory sequences are only described to us secondhand, so any unpleasant noises are recounted in the friendly voice of our main character.
At some point before the events of this series, Sydney goes into a coma and is put into a hospital, but due to this being a podcast there is no visual.
No, but it’s worth mentioning that Sydney develops a self-destructive tendency to risk his safety— when Jedidiah questions him on why he does this, he replies that Jedidiah’s “the one who made (him) unhappy enough to feel that way”.
CHNT generally avoids stigmatizing the mentally ill, and has a nonviolent main character with BPD and psychosis. However, it wouldn't be a reach to interpret the major villain as potentially dealing with something mentally.
A character is abused and is autistic, but the abuse is not directly due to his autism, although there are themes of subtle ableism throughout the story. But the podcast handles it with tact and respect.
By a stalker, while sleeping. There is also a meta-narrative in episode descriptions which informs us that the camp is under constant surveillance and the recordings we are hearing were obtained without their knowledge.
Ambiguously. A character frequently addresses a "ghost" in his tape recorder, as he delivers monologues to it and to extension the listener. It can be interpreted that we the listeners are the ghost in question, but this isn't explicit.
Themes and undertones throughout. There is a lengthy scene where characters discuss the agency and believability of a character with psychosis, and while everyone involved has good intent, there are some implications of ableism (which are then addressed)
There is a joke in the finale where one character admits he finds another character attractive, and recieves the response "Well now you're just fetishising him"