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* SelfSoothingSong: A character sings to themselves to deal with a distressing event.
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It happens that our characters have problems, issues, traumas, and emotional baggage they need to deal with. If our characters feel bad for whatever reason – like stressful jobs, loneliness, relationship troubles, family problems, issues with friends, loss, injury or illness – here is a list of useful (and less useful) stuff they can do to relieve the tension that might help them feel better. Some of them rely on ''suppressing'' their emotions which is not a healthy thing to do in the long run.

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It happens that our characters have problems, issues, traumas, and emotional baggage they need to deal with. If our characters feel bad for whatever reason – like stressful jobs, loneliness, relationship troubles, family problems, issues with friends, loss, injury or illness – here is a list of useful (and less useful) stuff they can do to relieve the tension that might help them feel better. Some of them rely on ''suppressing'' their emotions emotions, which is not a healthy thing to do in the long run.



* PhonyPsychic: A character finds relief talking to a psychic. Unlike FortuneTeller, however, this guy only pretends to be a psychic - usually just to [[ItAmusedMe get a kick out of the miserable character]], but sometimes to help them.

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* PhonyPsychic: A character finds relief talking to a psychic. Unlike FortuneTeller, however, this guy only pretends to be a psychic - usually psychic—usually just to [[ItAmusedMe get a kick out of the miserable character]], but sometimes to help them.

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