| 1 | Tropes about how the human (or nonhuman) mind works... or could be made to work, given some premise. Including tropes on therapy and the science of psychology. |
| 2 | ---- |
| 3 | [[index]] |
| 4 | !!Tropes: |
| 5 | [floatboxright: |
| 6 | '''Main topic:''' |
| 7 | + {{UsefulNotes/Psychology}} |
| 8 | |
| 9 | '''Categories:''' |
| 10 | + {{Autism}} |
| 11 | + CharacterFlawIndex |
| 12 | + CharacterReactionIndex |
| 13 | + DreamTropes |
| 14 | + EgoTropes |
| 15 | + EmotionTropes |
| 16 | + {{Empowerment}} |
| 17 | + ExtraversionTropes |
| 18 | + HollywoodPsych |
| 19 | + IdentityIndex |
| 20 | + ImagineAllTheTropes |
| 21 | + IntelligenceTropes |
| 22 | + InternalConflictTropes |
| 23 | + IntroversionTropes |
| 24 | + TheJerkIndex |
| 25 | + MadnessTropes |
| 26 | + MemeticsInFiction |
| 27 | + MemoryTropes |
| 28 | + MoralityTropes |
| 29 | + PersonalHorror |
| 30 | + PhilosophyTropes |
| 31 | + APoliteIndex |
| 32 | + PsychologicalCombat |
| 33 | * PsychologicalHorror |
| 34 | * PsychologicalThriller |
| 35 | + SelfishnessTropes |
| 36 | + SelflessnessTropes |
| 37 | + SplitPersonalityTropes |
| 38 | + StupidityTropes |
| 39 | + TropesToCope |
| 40 | ] |
| 41 | * AbuseMistake |
| 42 | * AggressiveCategorism |
| 43 | * AllPsychologyIsFreudian: 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. |
| 44 | * AllTherapistsAreMuggles |
| 45 | * AmbiguousSituation |
| 46 | * AngerBornOfWorry |
| 47 | * BeneathTheMask: The way a person acts in public is not the person's real personality. |
| 48 | * BehavioralConditioning |
| 49 | * UsefulNotes/BigFivePersonalityTraits |
| 50 | * BizarreAlienPsychology |
| 51 | * BlackAndWhiteInsanity: A psychosis where one is thoroughly convinced that everything they support is good and that everything they oppose is bad. |
| 52 | * BulliedIntoDepression |
| 53 | * CategorismAsAPhobia |
| 54 | * CategoryTraitor: A person is considered a traitor by the rest of their kind for liking something that goes against their culture. |
| 55 | * CatharticChores |
| 56 | * CircumcisionAngst: A man is upset about being either circumcised or uncircumcised, depending on the work. |
| 57 | * CondescendingCompassion: A character looks down on someone by claiming to feel "sorry" for the person being inferior to them. |
| 58 | * CopeByCreating |
| 59 | * CopeByPretending |
| 60 | * CrapsackOnlyByComparison: A character enters a setting that they believe is an awful place, but it might simply be because they're used to better places. |
| 61 | * DateMyAvatar |
| 62 | * DemotedMemories |
| 63 | * DestructiveRomance |
| 64 | * DiagnosedByTheAudience |
| 65 | * {{Doublethink}} |
| 66 | * DrPsychPatient |
| 67 | * EgocentricallyReligious: A person is religious in a self-serving way. |
| 68 | * EmotionControl |
| 69 | * EpiphanyTherapy |
| 70 | * EroticDream: A person has a sexual dream. |
| 71 | * FanFlattering |
| 72 | * TheFinickyOne |
| 73 | * FiveStagesOfGrief |
| 74 | * FlorenceNightingaleEffect |
| 75 | * FreudianCouch |
| 76 | * 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. |
| 77 | * FreudianExcuseDenial: Someone rejects any claims of having some traumatic event in their past influence their motives. |
| 78 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: 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. |
| 79 | * FreudianSlip |
| 80 | * GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul |
| 81 | * GhostInTheMachine |
| 82 | * GodIsFlawed: This trope is to a large extent about psychoanalyzing God. |
| 83 | * GreyAndGrayInsanity: A person has the psychosis of being so caught up in moral nuances that they are unable to distinguish unambiguous right ''or'' wrong. |
| 84 | * HairTriggerTemper: A character who has a ludicrous tendency to get angry at the drop of a hat. |
| 85 | * HappilyFailedSuicide: A suicide attempt fails, but the person who tried to kill themselves is happy that they survived. |
| 86 | * HeroicSafeMode |
| 87 | * HideYourOtherness |
| 88 | * HigherUnderstandingThroughDrugs |
| 89 | * HiveMind: An entire species shares the same brain. |
| 90 | * ICanChangeMyBeloved |
| 91 | * IJustWantToBeYou |
| 92 | * InducedHypochondria |
| 93 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex |
| 94 | * InkblotTest |
| 95 | * InternalizedCategorism |
| 96 | * ItKindOfLooksLikeAFace |
| 97 | * JesusWasCrazy |
| 98 | * LimaSyndrome |
| 99 | * LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: A character learns that life isn't much fun without the risk of danger. |
| 100 | * LoveMakesYouCrazy: A person's love for someone drives them insane. |
| 101 | * ManufacturingVictims |
| 102 | * AMatchMadeInStockholm |
| 103 | * MentalHealthRecoveryArc |
| 104 | * MentalStory: What's going on in someone's head is the focus of the plot. |
| 105 | * MiddleChildSyndrome: The middle child doesn't get as much attention and love as their older and younger siblings. |
| 106 | * MidSuicideRegret |
| 107 | * MindControl |
| 108 | * MindHive |
| 109 | * MindScrew |
| 110 | * MommasBoy |
| 111 | * UsefulNotes/MyersBriggs |
| 112 | * NatureVersusNurture |
| 113 | * NightmareFetishist: A character aroused by or fascinated by stuff that most people are freaked out by. |
| 114 | * NightmareFuelStationAttendant: A character who comes off as terrifying without intending to. |
| 115 | * NonsenseClassification |
| 116 | * NurtureOverNature |
| 117 | * ObsessivelyOrganized: A character who goes nuts when things are not properly organized. |
| 118 | * OnlyChildSyndrome: Stereotypes about being raised an only child. |
| 119 | * OpinionOverride: 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. |
| 120 | * ParalyzingFearOfSexuality |
| 121 | * PastExperienceNightmare |
| 122 | * PhantomLimbPain |
| 123 | * PlaceboEffect |
| 124 | * PlaceboEurekaMoment |
| 125 | * PsychoactivePowers |
| 126 | * PsychologicalProjection |
| 127 | * PsychoPsychologist |
| 128 | * PsychosexualHorror |
| 129 | * QuestionableConsent |
| 130 | * RecurringDreams |
| 131 | * ReluctantPsycho |
| 132 | * RetailTherapy |
| 133 | * ReversePsychology: Tricking someone into doing something by pretending you want them to do the opposite. |
| 134 | * SanitySlippage: A character gradually becomes insane. |
| 135 | * SanityStrengthening |
| 136 | * ScrubbingOffTheTrauma |
| 137 | * SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: A character who demonizes sex finds themselves wanting it anyway, often with bad results for whoever they want it from. |
| 138 | * TheShrink |
| 139 | * SingleIssuePsychology |
| 140 | * SleepyDepressive |
| 141 | * SourPrudes |
| 142 | * StrawAffiliation |
| 143 | * SugaryMalice |
| 144 | * TherapistInTherapy |
| 145 | * TherapyBackfire |
| 146 | * TherapyIsForTheWeak |
| 147 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: Characters suffering from mental issues are unable to find any professional help. |
| 148 | * ThoughtAversionFailure: Telling someone to not think of something, only for the person to end up thinking about it anyway. |
| 149 | * TooUpsetToCreate |
| 150 | * TransNature |
| 151 | * TroubledSympatheticBigot |
| 152 | * TheVictimMustBeConfused: 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. |
| 153 | * UpbringingMakesTheHero: It is established that a hero or a nice person is the way they are because they grew up in a close-knit upbringing that taught them their morals. |
| 154 | * WarriorTherapist |
| 155 | * WindmillCrusader: A person is obsessed with vanquishing a threat that doesn't really exist. |
| 156 | * WindmillPolitical: Trying to convince people that what you oppose is more dangerous and harmful than it actually is. |
| 157 | * WordAssociationTest |
| 158 | * WorkingOutTheirEmotions |
| 159 | [[/index]] |
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