Hurting Hero may refer to one of the following pages:

* BeingGoodSucks: Doing good, heroic, selfless deeds is very difficult and/or comes with a high cost.
* BreakTheBadass: A badass hero goes into a mental or emotional breakdown.
* BrokenHero: The hero is kind and cheerful despite having a painful past.
* EmotionalBruiser: The hero is so tough that it's not considered shameful if they express their pain.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: A hero thinks they're worthless in spite of all of their heroic accomplishments.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: A hero feels responsible for a loved one's death, holding guilt for not being able to save them.
* KnightInSourArmor: A character chooses to do good, heroic, selfless deeds in spite of their cynical worldview.
* MyGreatestFailure: A character feels guilty over a mistake they made, motivating them to do better or to not let it happen again.
* PersonalHorror: A hero is plagued by negative, horrifying feelings that hurt them.
* StepfordSmiler: A character seems happy on the outside, but they're hiding depression, emptiness or insanity.
* TraumaCongaLine: A character suffers and/or endures trauma after trauma.
* TheWorfEffect: The badass hero gets hurt by an enemy to establish the enemy as a serious threat.

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