History PlayingWith / CooldownHug

** [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan "Get a hold of yourself!"]]

** Bob is going through a bit of distress and hugs Alice to calm himself down. Alice sees the hug for what it is and allows it.

** [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan "Get a hold of yourself!]]

** GetAHoldOfYourselfMan.

* '''Straight''': Bob is in the midst of some form of mental breakdown, and Alice hugs him.

** Bob is in pain, but restrains himself. Alice notices this and gives him a hug. This makes him drop the act and bawl his eyes out.

** InterruptedCooldownHug.

* '''Zig Zagged''': ???

'''Basic Trope''': Bob is in the midst of some form of mental breakdown, and Alice hugs him.
* '''Straight''': A hug from Alice makes Bob calm down and get a hold of himself.

* '''Enforced''': ???

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob finds the hug to be condescending, but is willing to admit that Alice cares for him and calms down. However, he eventually concludes that this action belittled his outrage and goes on to believe that Alice does not take him seriously, which just ends up making things worse.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is informed about how her treatment of Bob affected him, feels genuinely sorry and lets him know that she did not mean to mock his suffering and wanted to show that she embraced him. The words soothe Bob's spirit.

%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???

* '''Straight''': The hug makes Bob calm down and get a hold of himself.

** Knowing that Alice cares creates a soothing effect for Bob.

* '''Exaggerated''': Long-term psychological problems that would normally take years of therapy can be fixed with a single hug.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob finds the hug to be condescending, but is willing to admit that Alice cares for him and calms down. However, he eventually concludes that this action belittled his outrage and goes on to believe that Alice does not take him seriously, which just ends up making things worse.
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is informed about how her treatment of Bob affected him, feels genuinely sorry and lets him know that she did not mean to mock his suffering and wanted to show that she embraced him. The words soothe Bob's spirit.

Back to CooldownHug.

* '''Deconstructed''': Bob finds the hug to be condescending, but is willing to admit that Alice cares for him and calms down. However, he eventually concludes that this action belittled his outrage and goes on to believe that Alice does not take him seriously, which just ends up [[ItGotWorse making things worse]].

* '''Justified''': Bob's FreakOut was caused by thinking Alice hated him, so the hug lets him know that isn't the case.

* '''Inverted''': GetAHoldOfYourselfMan.

* '''Subverted''': The cooldown hug doesn't work, and Bob might even react badly to it, such as lashing out at Alice.

* '''Averted''': Alice's hug does nothing for Bob.

** HulksCooldownHugCorollary.

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Bob hugs Alice.

'''Basic Trope''': Ryan is in the midst of some form of mental breakdown, and Jenny hugs him.
* '''Straight''': The hug makes Ryan calm down and get a hold of himself.

* '''Justified''': Ryan's FreakOut was caused by thinking Jenny hated him, so the hug lets him know that isn't the case.

** The hug makes Ryan even angrier
** Jenny hugs Ryan to give him a mental breakdown.
** Ryan hugs Jenny.
* '''Subverted''': The cooldown hug doesn't work, and Ryan might even react badly to it, such as lashing out at Jenny.
** Alternately, Jenny was only hugging Ryan in order to restrain him or stab him in the back.

* '''Double Subverted''': Despite it going very badly at first, and appearing to make things worse, Jenny persists in trying to give Ryan a Cooldown Hug, and it eventually works.
* '''Deconstructed''': Ryan finds the hug to be condescending, but is willing to admit that Jenny cares for him and calms down. However, he eventually concludes that this action belittled his outrage and goes on to believe that Jenny does not take him seriously, which just ends up [[ItGotWorse making things worse]].
* '''Reconstructed''': Jenny is informed about how her treatment of Ryan affected him, feels genuinely sorry and lets him know that she did not mean to mock his suffering and wanted to show that she embraced him. The words soothe Ryan's spirit.

* '''Invoked''': Ryan pretends to be freaking out to get his crush Jenny hug him.
* '''Defied''': Jenny decides that coming near Ryan right now is a bad idea.

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'''Basic Trope''': Bob is in the midst of some form of mental breakdown, and Alice hugs him.
* '''Straight''': The hug makes Bob calm down and get a hold of himself.

* '''Justified''': Bob's FreakOut was caused by thinking Alice hated him, so the hug lets him know that isn't the case.

** The hug makes Bob even angrier
** Alice hugs Bob to give him a mental breakdown
** Bob hugs Alice...
* '''Subverted''': The cooldown hug doesn't work, and Bob might even react badly to it, such as lashing out at Alice.
** Alternately, Alice was only hugging Bob in order to restrain him or stab him in the back.

* '''Double Subverted''': Despite it going very badly at first, and appearing to make things worse, Alice persists in trying to give Bob a Cooldown Hug, and it eventually works.
* '''Deconstructed''': Bob finds the hug to be condescending, but is willing to admit that Alice cares for him and calms down. However, he eventually concludes that this action belittled his outrage and goes on to believe that Alice does not take him seriously, which just ends up making things worse...
* '''Reconstructed''': Alice is informed about how her treatment of Bob affected him, feels genuinely sorry and lets him know that she did not mean to mock his suffering and wanted to show that she embraced him. The words soothe Bob's spirit.

* '''Invoked''': Bob pretends to be freaking out to get his crush Alice hug him.
* '''Defied''': Alice decides that coming near Bob right now is a bad idea.