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* OedipusComplex: Having sexual feelings for your own parent.
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* ObsesivelyOrganized: A character who goes nuts when things are not properly organized.

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* ObsesivelyOrganized: ObsessivelyOrganized: A character who goes nuts when things are not properly organized.

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* ObsesivelyOrganized: A character who goes nuts when things are not properly organized.



* SuperOCD: A character who goes nuts when things are not properly organized.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: A character demonstrates behavior that hints that they may or may not have a mental disorder.


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* DiagnosedByTheAudience
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+ ImagineAllTheTropes
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+ UsefulNotes/{{Autism}}

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+ UsefulNotes/{{Autism}}{{Autism}}
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+ {{Autism}}

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+ {{Autism}}UsefulNotes/{{Autism}}
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* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny

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* SexIsEvilAndIAmHornySexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: A character who demonizes sex finds themselves wanting it anyway, often with bad results for whoever they want it from.



* TheVictimMustBeConfused

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* TheVictimMustBeConfusedTheVictimMustBeConfused: A so-called hero ignores a supposed victim's claims that their "captor" has done nothing wrong to them, insisting that the captor is playing with their mind or manipulating them.
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* AllPsychologyIsFreudian

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* AllPsychologyIsFreudianAllPsychologyIsFreudian: Psychology may have largely moved on from Psychoanalysis, but since it's captured the minds (pun ''very much'' intended) of both audiences and writers, it's the school you're most often going to see referenced in fiction.

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Per TRS, this is now a supertrope insteadof just an index.


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* MindControl
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+ MindManipulation

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+ MindManipulationMindControl
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* PhantomLimbPain
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* TherapistInTherapy
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* CircumcisionAngst: A man is upset about being circumcised.

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* CircumcisionAngst: A man is upset about being circumcised.either circumcised or uncircumcised, depending on the work.
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+ {{Autism}}
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Only Child Syndrome is now "traits of only children"


* OnlyChildSyndrome: A character who has no brothers or sisters.

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* OnlyChildSyndrome: A character who has no brothers or sisters.Stereotypes about being raised an only child.
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* SelfTherapy
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* SelfTherapy

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** FreudianExcuseDenial: Someone rejects any claims of having some traumatic event in their past influence their motives.
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* ThereAreNoTherapists

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* ThereAreNoTherapistsThereAreNoTherapists: Characters suffering from mental issues are unable to find any professional help.

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* BadDreams


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* PastExperienceNightmare
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+ MemeticsInFiction
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* OpinionOverride

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* OpinionOverrideOpinionOverride: A character complains about something they see as politically incorrect, when members of the actual minority group the person believes are being attacked do not care.



* ReversePsychology
* SanitySlippage

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* ReversePsychology
ReversePsychology: Tricking someone into doing something by pretending you want them to do the opposite.
* SanitySlippageSanitySlippage: A character gradually becomes insane.



* SuperOCD

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* SuperOCDSuperOCD: A character who goes nuts when things are not properly organized.



* ThoughtAversionFailure

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* ThoughtAversionFailureThoughtAversionFailure: Telling someone to not think of something, only for the person to end up thinking about it anyway.



* WindmillCrusader
* WindmillPolitical

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* WindmillCrusader
WindmillCrusader: A person is obsessed with vanquishing a threat that doesn't really exist.
* WindmillPoliticalWindmillPolitical: Trying to convince people that what you oppose is more dangerous and harmful than it actually is.
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* AmbiguousDisorder

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* AmbiguousDisorderAmbiguousDisorder: A character demonstrates behavior that hints that they may or may not have a mental disorder.



* BeneathTheMask

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* BeneathTheMaskBeneathTheMask: The way a person acts in public is not the person's real personality.



* BlackAndWhiteInsanity

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* BlackAndWhiteInsanityBlackAndWhiteInsanity: A psychosis where one is thoroughly convinced that everything they support is good and that everything they oppose is bad.



* CategoryTraitor

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* CategoryTraitorCategoryTraitor: A person is considered a traitor by the rest of their kind for liking something that goes against their culture.



* CircumcisionAngst
* CondescendingCompassion

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* CircumcisionAngst
CircumcisionAngst: A man is upset about being circumcised.
* CondescendingCompassionCondescendingCompassion: A character looks down on someone by claiming to feel "sorry" for the person being inferior to them.



* CrapsackOnlyByComparison

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* CrapsackOnlyByComparisonCrapsackOnlyByComparison: A character enters a setting that they believe is an awful place, but it might simply be because they're used to better places.



* EgocentricallyReligious

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* EgocentricallyReligiousEgocentricallyReligious: A person is religious in a self-serving way.



* EroticDream

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* EroticDreamEroticDream: A person has a sexual dream.



* FreudianExcuse
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse

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* FreudianExcuse
FreudianExcuse: It is established that a villain or jerk is the way they are because of something bad that happened to them in the past.
** FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuseFreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: The people the scoundrel has wronged and the person who intends to punish the scoundrel address that the scoundrel's past misfortune does not make their actions okay.



* GreyAndGrayInsanity
* HairTriggerTemper
* HappilyFailedSuicide

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* GreyAndGrayInsanity
GreyAndGrayInsanity: A person has the psychosis of being so caught up in moral nuances that they are unable to distinguish unambiguous right ''or'' wrong.
* HairTriggerTemper
HairTriggerTemper: A character who has a ludicrous tendency to get angry at the drop of a hat.
* HappilyFailedSuicideHappilyFailedSuicide: A suicide attempt fails, but the person who tried to kill themselves is happy that they survived.



* HiveMind

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* HiveMindHiveMind: An entire species shares the same brain.



* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving
* LoveMakesYouCrazy

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* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving
LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: A character learns that life isn't much fun without the risk of danger.
* LoveMakesYouCrazyLoveMakesYouCrazy: A person's love for someone drives them insane.



* MiddleChildSyndrome

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* MiddleChildSyndromeMiddleChildSyndrome: The middle child doesn't get as much attention and love as their older and younger siblings.



* NightmareFetishist
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant

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* NightmareFetishist
NightmareFetishist: A character aroused by or fascinated by stuff that most people are freaked out by.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendantNightmareFuelStationAttendant: A character who comes off as terrifying without intending to.



* OedipusComplex
* OnlyChildSyndrome

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* OedipusComplex
OedipusComplex: Having sexual feelings for your own parent.
* OnlyChildSyndromeOnlyChildSyndrome: A character who has no brothers or sisters.
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* GreyAndGrayInsanity
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+ DreamTropes
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* BulliedIntoDepression

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