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Character flaws for an anxious character

Constant worrying: Obsessively fretting over even the smallest details.

Overplanning: Creating elaborate contingency plans for every possible scenario.

Indecisiveness: Struggling to make decisions due to fear of making the wrong choice.

Social anxiety: Feeling extremely nervous or uncomfortable in social situations.

Perfectionism: Setting impossibly high standards for themselves and others.

Avoidance behavior: Dodging situations or responsibilities that trigger anxiety.

Overapologizing: Saying sorry for everything, even when it's not their fault.

Hyperawareness of physical sensations: Being overly sensitive to bodily sensations and interpreting them as signs of impending doom.

Catastrophizing: Jumping to the worst-case scenario in any given situation.

Need for reassurance: Constantly seeking validation or reassurance from others.

Rumination: Getting stuck in a loop of negative thoughts and overanalyzing past events.

Difficulty relaxing: Finding it hard to unwind and let go of stress.

Overthinking: Overanalyzing every word or action, leading to anxiety about social interactions.

Physical symptoms of anxiety: Experiencing symptoms like sweating, trembling, or rapid heartbeat in stressful situations.

Avoidance of confrontation: Going to great lengths to avoid conflict or uncomfortable conversations.

People-pleasing: Putting others' needs and desires above their own to avoid conflict.

Overpreparation: Spending excessive time and energy preparing for events or tasks.

Self-doubt: Second-guessing their abilities and decisions due to fear of failure.

Fear of the unknown: Feeling anxious about uncertain or unfamiliar situations.

Imposter syndrome: Believing they are not worthy of their achievements and fearing they will be exposed as a fraud.

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orally-herring · 11 months

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Song Lyric Prompts

From: Creative Prompts for Writing Found: Here and Here

These will not be based on the songs, but whatever the lyric pops into my head at the time of writing it. I could be completely off base from what the song actually represents, but that's not the point of it.

Softly we tremble tonight - Cat and Mouse, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus We’re so happy (we could die) - Blood & Glitter, Lord of the Lost There′s no remedy for memory - Dark Paradise, Lana del Rey Love is the warmest colour - Nara, alt-J We gotta stop pretending who we are - Don’t speak, No Doubt A force more powerful than gravity - Satellite, Lena Meyer-Landrut They turned to dust (all that I adored) - Things we lost in the fire, Bastille Lose all sense of time - Coastline, Hollow Caves Sometimes quiet is violent - Car Radio, Twenty One Pilots I′ll show you mine (if you show me yours first) - Swing Life Away, Rise Against So beautiful and wild - Tonight, Reamonn See your face lit by starlight - Colorado Sunrise, 3OH!3 Misunderstandings and words unspoken - Don’t waste my time, Victor Lundberg When we stole the night - Another heart calls, The All-American Rejects The way that we love (like it’s forever) - Happy Ending, Mika But it’s home to me - Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day Like memories of dying days - Savior, Rise Against Electricity between both of us - Landfill, Daughter I slept in last night’s clothes and tomorrow′s dreams - Uma Thurman, Fall Out Boy There’ll be a riot (cause I know you) - Robbers, The 1975 All of your flaws and all of my flaws - Flaws, Bastille Crossing all the lines - Girls Like Girls, Hayley Kiyoko Misery’s your master - She’s the blade, Sugarcult But we go where we want to - Lane Boy, Twenty One Pilots Between the lines of fear and blame - How to save a life, The Fray There’s a heavy cloud inside my head - Lemon Tree, Fool’s Garden A very common crisis - Fluorescent Adolescent, Arctic Monkeys Turn the light out, say goodnight - Fake Empire, The National Let′s write a song that we can dance to - Jersey, Mayday Parade There′s strangers everywhere - This isn’t everything you are, Snow Patrol I can’t steal you (like you stole me) - You, The Pretty Reckless Spinning all these stories - Skinny Bitch, Lena Meyer-Landrut It’s just another rainy Sunday afternoon - Lemon Tree, Fool’s Garden When I watch the world burn (all I think about is you) - Doom Days, Bastille Let’s compare scars (I′ll tell you whose is worse) - Swing Life Away, Rise Against Sunsets and silhouette dreams - You be the anchor […], Mayday Parade Who could deny these butterflies? - Remembering Sunday, All Time Low As we say our long goodbyes - Run, Snow Patrol Naked bodies look like porcelain - Love, Daughter I wish you were a stranger - Over my head (Cable Car), The Fray Send my regards to hell - Blame, Bastille We do fall before we rise - Blood & Glitter, Lord of the Lost Our hearts beat (control them) - In spirit golden, I Blame Coco Admiring from afar - we fell in love in october, girl in red The safest place to hide - MakeDamnSure, Taking Back Sunday I am my own worst enemy - The Consequence, You Me At Six My lover and my best friend - Rehab, Rihanna It’s a sign that someone loves you - Don’t swallow the cap, The National There is no sweeter innocence than our gentle sin - Take me to church, Hozier The wonderful mess that we made - Flaws, Bastille Drink the poison lightly - I’m not the one, 3OH!3 Saving life in the dark - Believe, Yellowcard To warm the cold side of the pillow - Hunger of the Pine, alt-J I’d probably still adore you - 505, Arctic Monkeys You killed me with your smile - Tonight, Reamonn Mistaken for strangers by your own friends - Mistaken for strangers, The National Three whole words and eight letters late - Fireworks, You Me At Six You say you love me and you roll your eyes - Everyway that I can, Sertab Erener I’m so surprised you want to dance with me now - Pink Rabbits, The National To distract our hearts from ever missing them - Youth, Daughter

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