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* Creator/IsaacAsimov's novel ''[[Literature/{{Foundation}} Second Foundation]]''. Foundation scientists create a device to use against the members of the Second Foundation; it causes intense mental agony in anyone with telepathic ability.

* Possible variant: The Gentle Fist technique used by the Hyuuga clan in ''{{Naruto}}'' can leave its targets crippled, chakra-wise, without leaving a mark on them.

* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has this at low-level synch. Or, to be exact, the pilots feel everything felt by their Evas but at higher synch levels, it hurts progressively more until [[{{Synchronisation}} they even get physically injured by it]]; some residual phantom pain might be present for a while. For example, Unit 01 getting it's arm broken in the first battle was rather painful for Shinji; Unit 02 getting speared in the head at 300% synch however had Asuka screaming at the top of her lungs.
** Well, then it got worse for her when she attempted to go Berserk with her Eva-02 to kill her attackers. Then loses her Arm in the Process. Then Devoured Alive. Ow, this is supposed to be a kid friendly trope now?

** A more horrifying version of this trope occurs for people whose [[spoiler:souls are trapped inside philosopher's stones]]. They are compressed into what seems to be a tiny pocket dimension and subjected to excruciating agony that will only end when their particular soul is used up as energy. Yes that's right, each [[spoiler: philosopher's stone]] is a self-contained ''hell''. More disturbingly, they're fairly common; at one point we see a room filled with ''tanks'' of the objects.

* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', when George has his shapeshifting ring taken from his finger, he screams and pleads for it back. Later, when he calms down somewhat, he explains that it was like having his soul's arm ripped off.

* In ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' (the Academy version), Pixie received one of these injuries during their trip to Limbo. It acts up specifically around demons and beings with darkness in them.

** Of course, in Soul Eater souls are actual, tangible objects, and at one point we even get to see an X-ray of Black*Star's damaged soul.

* ''Manga/SoulEater'' has this. Black*Star experiences this when he attempts to use the Nakatsukasa Purpose before getting some sense beaten into him. It's stated that it's killing him, to which he typically pays no attention.

* In ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'', this happens to several characters: Kaito during his imprisonment, Sara when she gets hit by Gaito's attack, and... Michel. Just... Michel.

* In ''DNAngel'', Satoshi falls to his knees and clutches at his chest when [[spoiler: Krad is trying to take over his body]].

* Hayate of ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' when she was bound to the [[ArtifactOfDeath Book of Darkness]].

* The titular character of ''Series/{{Angel}}'' experiences something like this when he's about to lose his soul, or has just had it returned. It's at least partly an emotional effect due to extreme guilt; whether real physical pain is involved is difficult to tell. On one occasion, the show fakes viewers out after he has sex with his sire Darla.

* Once in DragonBall Bulma felt a pang in her heart when [[spoiler:Vegeta blew himself up in an effort to kill Majin Buu.]]
* In the ''KingdomHearts'' manga, Riku is shown gasping for breath, growing pale, and having difficulty walking after using the power of darkness so much. At such times, he says he "feels like his heart is about to explode." (It's not referring to his physical heart.)
* Hayate of ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' when she was bound to the [[ArtifactOfDeath Book of Darkness]].
* The eponymous Negi of MahouSenseiNegima starts experiencing these once [[spoiler: the "encroachment" of his [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Magia Erebia]]]] starts kicking in. It's later clarified as being "similar to acute magical poisoning", and even later revealed to be merely a symptom of [[spoiler: ''turning into a demon'']].

* In the VisualNovel/SteinsGate [[TheMovie sequel movie]], Okarin's time travel blitzing leads to some unexpected side effects - all his memories of different timelines overload his RippleEffectProofMemory, giving him episodes where he can't control which timeline he's in as well as splitting headaches that get worse over time.

** Indeed, it's quite common for Newtypes in the other {{Gundam}} series. (Which ''may'' indicate that Quatre is a Newtype, but it's never confirmed in-series.)

* ''Literature/KindlingAshes'': A human body was not meant to host two souls, thus, humans suffer side effects of hosting a dragon soul inside them: IncurableCoughOfDeath is the first one and [[ManOnFire spontaneous combustion is the final one.]]

* ''SoulEater'' has this. Black*Star experiences this when he attempts to use the Nakatsukasa Purpose before getting some sense beaten into him. It's stated that it's killing him, to which he typically pays no attention.

* In ''SaintBeast'', the last episode of the prequel series has Judas and Luca in critical condition due not to physical wounds but being polluted by the miasma of the evil spirits.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's novel ''[[{{Foundation}} Second Foundation]]''. Foundation scientists create a device to use against the members of the Second Foundation; it causes intense mental agony in anyone with telepathic ability.

** ''AWrinkleInTime'': IT is a control freak and veritable mind rape machine.
** ''AWindInTheDoor'': The Ecthroi are beings of nothingness that want to extinguish everything and everyone from existence.
* The ''WheelOfTime'' introduces "soultraps" late in the series. Once they're set with your blood, just having someone touch them is a queasy thing (although it's possible this is either a full-blown empathic effect and could be used to pleasurable purposes, or just a psychological reaction to danger). [[FateWorseThanDeath If they get ''broken''...]]

* ''HisDarkMaterials'': "Soul-clenching" perfectly describes Lyra's feeling upon having her [[OurSoulsAreDifferent daemon]] seized. It gets worse in the third book, when the two of them are [[spoiler:separated by Lyra's choice]]. Even people without visible daemons can feel that.

* ''LordOfTheRings'': Frodo had a Burning Scar that was inflicted upon him by a Morgul blade during his second encounter with the Nazgûl, but also suffered from the evil presence of Sauron himself, especially after he entered Mordor. The book described him to be waving his hand feebly as if trying to ward off a blow. He often collapsed and eventually had to have Sam carry him up to Mount Doom. It might be a case of Giving In To Spirit Pain or Evil Induced Adrenaline when Frodo's actually at Mount Doom and all his energy returns ten-fold in a frenzied attempt to save the ring. It also could be that the One Ring was sapping him like it did to Gollum, And was trying harder and harder to sap his strength away to keep itself away from Mount Doom. Then, Being there, It decided "hey, This STR-sapping thing just isn't working, let's try full on Dominate Creature effect..."

* The JediAcademyTrilogy has a character use a superweapon to annihilate an inhabited world. (ooh, this sounds familiar ...) There's a note in the text about this making a "disturbance in the Force" which Jedi and semiJedi feel, and then things got back to the character with the superweapon feeling [[AMillionIsAStatistic bad because he just killed his brother]]. ''I, Jedi'' has a very long and horrifying passage about what this felt like to the protagonist, as he experienced a little of the fear and pain and grief of twenty million people all dying at once. It makes the protagonist run outside and vomit, and later think that 'disturbance in the Force' is too mild a term.

* Happens to Quatre in ''GundamWing'' due to a form of [[TheEmpath empath power]] called "The Space Heart."

* [[StarWars I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened.]]
** Happens again in ''Revenge of the Sith'' during [[ThePurge Order 66]]. [[TearJerker Yoda clutches his chest with a pained expression on his face as he feels the deaths of countless Jedi across the galaxy.]]
** Oh, the ExpandedUniverse makes it clear that Force lightning is this as well. (Carbonite is AndIMustScream, by the way. Leia got off easy comparatively.)

* Freder in the Fritz Lang film {{Metropolis}} clutches his chest for half the movie.