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Mystery: January 04, 2017 Issue [#8064]

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 This week: Emotional Stress
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The shock of any trauma, I think changes your life. It's more acute in the beginning and after a little time you settle back to what you were. However it leaves an indelible mark on your psyche.
~ Alex Lifeson

Just as the body goes into shock after a physical trauma, so does the human psyche go into shock after the impact of a major loss.
~ Anne Grant

All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma.
~ Kazuo Ishiguro


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It's not for your to traumatize the reader, unless you want to scare them out of their mind, but rather create emotional stress for a character who ends up dealing with different settings, dilemmas, drama, conflict, and various emotional problems. Your reader probably has enough problems in their life. What they want is to escape their own reality and delve into someone else's.

Your job is to present the problem and solve it by the end of your story. It's up to you to be the bad guy as well as the problem solver. Once you create the issue, the unstable side of a character, your reader may more likely relate to them easier. We all deal with one thing or another and at times we can see ourselves in the characters we read about, even if they aren't perfect. Here are a few choices to choose from when it comes to particular types of mental as well as emotional stress:


*BulletB* Bizarre and recurring dreams, lack of sleep
*BulletB* Jaw and tooth pain
*BulletB* Hair loss and changes
*BulletB* Stomachaches
*BulletB* Muscle twitching
*BulletB* Acne
*BulletB* Regular illness
*BulletB* Unexplained physical symptoms
*BulletB* Wight loss or gain
*BulletB* Difficulty managing anger or controlling your temper
*BulletB* Compulsive/obsessive behaviors
*BulletB* Chronic, tiredness, and lack of energy
*BulletB* Memory problems
*BulletB* Shunning social activity
*BulletB* Mood swings and erratic behavior noticed by more than one person

Personally speaking, at least one third of those above mentioned apply to me, but we're not here to talk about that. *Bigsmile* However, it does mean that I'd easily relate to your character with some of those issues. It also means that a big portion of the population would feel the same and that is what you are looking for when writing.

Many of us won't change our style of writing for anyone, as well you shouldn't, but it doesn't mean that you can't write it in a way where your characters would receive some sympathy from your readers. Incorporate those symptoms into your writing and the results might be rather shocking. *Wink*

'Til next time!
~ Gaby *WitchHat*


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