Columbina NPTS

20 Ways to Show Extreme Fear in Your Writing

As I dive into researching signs of fear for my horror WIP, I wanted to share some of the most compelling and visceral reactions I’ve come across. Whether you’re writing a chilling scene or crafting a character’s panic, these 20 signs of fear can help bring tension and realism to your story.

Physical Reactions

Hyperventilating — sucking in air but never feeling like it’s enough

Chest tightens — feels like a weight or hands pressing down

Limbs shaking violently, knees buckling

Complete loss of muscle control — collapsing or unable to stand

Cold sweat soaking through clothes

Heart hammering so hard they feel it in their throat or head

Tunnel vision — the world narrowing down to one terrifying focal point

Ringing in the ears or sudden deafness, like the world drops away

Dizziness / feeling faint / vision blurring

Dry mouth — unable to speak or even scream

Uncontrollable Behavior

Screaming / sobbing / gasping — involuntary vocal outbursts

Panic run — bolting without thinking, tripping over everything

Clawing at their own skin / chest / throat — like trying to escape their body

Begging / pleading out loud even if no one’s there

Repeating words or phrases — “No, no, no” / “This isn’t happening”

Hiding instinctively — diving under tables, closets, or corners

Desperate grabbing — reaching for someone, anything solid

Loss of bladder or bowel control (for extreme terror)

Total mental shutdown — frozen, slack-jawed, staring blankly

Memory blackout — later can’t recall what happened during the worst moment

LANGUAGE EXPERT．   ➷

pt: language expert. end pt.

DEFINITION ⠀✦⠀ an alter that's better at speaking a language than the rest of the collective is. this may tie into being a non-main language speaking alter, but does not have to.

pt: definition, an alter that's better at speaking a language than the rest of the collective is. this may tie into being a non-main language speaking alter(link), but does not have to. end pt.

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NAMES : vlad iztli mikael laszlo bram lestat magnus armand edgar victor lazarus sullivan lucien enzo crimson ambrose noir xavier julian absalom styx morpheus killian voltaire

PRONOUNS : vamp/vampire blood/bloods fang/fangs curse/curses dark/darks goth/goths night/nights castle/castles immortal/immortals bite/bites attack/attacks silver/silvers blade/blades crow/crows bat/bats rose/roses grave/graves

TITLES : prns who lurks in the night the dark one name, prince/ss of darkness the vampire of /place prns who rules the night prns who rules the bats name, the ancient vampire darkest of men/women/people prns who lives the longest

ELDRITCH ID PACK

NAMES︰ abacuc. abholos. abianak. aether. ahoth. aine. alala. alder. amadio. arkham. ba'al. basmach. bast. belial. blank. bonifatius. byagoona. byte. caelestoth. caine. calogerus. chaos. chrodechildis. cipher. clue. cthulu. custodia. cypher. daoloth. darkness. dethal. diaz. ebony. edwyn. elder. eldritch. elm. emereo. enigma. epiphagan. epoch. eternity. fortunatus. godid. habakkuk. han. haze. hitch. hydra. hynos. ieremahel. illuminathia. inpesca. istasha. juniper. kaiser. kallistos. kaos. kaprosistha. keme. kross. lapse. leto. lovecraft. luxoth. lythalia. maya. mechal. melekh. miasma. mirabilis. mirage. morana. mormo. mystery. nctolhu. nctosa. nightmare. nodens. noire. noxia. nyctelios. oddity. oroprimus. oroursus. ortun. oryx. oukranos. pandora. paradox. peregrinus. pseudo. pulse. renatus. rom. rowan. runa. rune. runfrid. sebek. sitheach. spy. sthanee. stitch. stranger. thasaidon. trojan. truth. unoch. user. veil. vibur. void. vulture. wylie. xitalu. yamath. yorith. zycanthe.

PRONOUNS︰ abso/absolute. absolute/absolute. answer/answer. blind/blind. book/book. chao/chao. chaos/chaos. cipher/cipher. claw/claw. clue/clue. code/code. confuse/confusion. corr/corrupt. corrupt/corrupt. cosmic/cosmic. curio/curio. curse/curse. cypher/cypher. danger/danger. dark/dark. death/death. deep/deep. deity/deity. delete/delete. depth/depth. destroy/destroy. dev/devour. devour/devour. diety/diety. doll/doll. dread/dread. eat/eat. eerie/eerie. eld/eld. elder/elder. eldritch/eldritch. en/en. end/end. eon/eon. ero/ero. error/error. eter/eternity. eternity/eternity. eye/eye. faith/faith. fear/fear. find/find. flesh/flesh. forgot/forgotten. glitch/glitche. glow/glow. god/god. hidden/hidden. hide/hide. hint/hint. horr/horror. horror/horror. hunt/hunt. hx/hxm. incompre/hensible. it/it. ix/ix. jolt/jolt. lack/lack. lord/lord. lost/lost. mad/mad. madness/madness. miasma/miasma. myst/myst. old/old. omen/omen. one/one. puppet/puppet. quiet/quiet. raven/raven. read/read. sanity/sanity. see/see. seek/seek. shx/hxr. space/space. spot/spot. spy/spy. star/star. stellar/stellar. step/step. string/string. submit/submission. sui/sui. that/thing. thon/thon. thxy/thxm. track/track. uncanny/uncanny. unknown/unknown. virus/viruse. void/void. what/what. whisper/whisper. ☄️ . 🎭 . 👁️ . 📜 . 🕳️ . 🧠 . 🧿 .

⋯ space themed id pack !!

names ⁘

andromeda ✴ orion ✴ aquila ✴ nebula ✴ lumen ✴ nova ✴ sirius ✴ gamma ✴ orbit ✴ stella ✴ celestia ✴ cosmo ✴ comet ✴ sol ✴ pleiades ✴ altair ✴ quark ✴ carina ✴ aurora ✴ aldebaran ✴ vega ✴ leo ✴ algol ✴ atlas ✴ mira ✴ pollux ✴ rigel ✴ auriga ✴ galaxy ✴ nyx ✴ singularity ✴ astro ✴ hubble ✴ jupiter ✴ zenith ✴ horizon ✴ ion

pronouns ⁘

star/stars ✴ gal/galaxy ✴ quark/quarks ✴ cos/cosmic ✴ shine/shines ✴ plan/planet ✴ ray/rays ✴ pul/pulse ✴ moon/moons ✴ lune/lunar ✴ neu/neutron ✴ par/parsec ✴ qua/quasar

titles ⁘

The Infinite ✴ (prn) Who Shines in the Night ✴ The Descendant of Stars ✴ The Celestial Knight ✴ The Remnant of Novae ✴ (prn) Who Bends the Light

system names ⁘

the expanse ✴ the nebula ✴ the oort cloud ✴ stellar catalogue ✴ starstuff system¹ ✴ the collapsing stars ✴ the globular cluster ✴ andromeda's children ✴ solar satellites

¹ from the Carl Sagan quote: "The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."

Going through my old astronomy olympiad notes to make this... this was super fun and a big throwback to one of our special interests that's a bit more background these days. Enjoy! -Iris/Zoa

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🕳️ ︵︵ REQUESTED BY SHADOW 🖤🐈‍⬛ ANON ᶻ 𝗓

🕳️ ︵︵ TAGGiNG @id-pack-archive ᶻ 𝗓

✙ ︵︵ SYSTEM NAMES : the void system/collective/etc. , the empty system/collective/etc. , the abyss archives , the archives of the abyss , the numb system/collective/etc. , the system of darkness , the empty system/collective/etc. , the vacant system/collective/etc. , the infinite system/collective/etc. , the infinites , the blurred system/collective/etc. , the misty system/collective/etc. , the foggy system/collective/etc. , the scythe system , the silhouette system , the penumbra system/collective/etc. , the shadow system

✙ ︵︵ NAMES : noir , noire¹ , noirette¹ , gray , grey¹ , static¹ , decay¹ , odditie¹ , stacy , vacancy , infinitie , infinesse , mysterie , shadow , phantom , illusielle , wraith , wren , obscuritie , nightmare , scythe¹ , scythette¹ , luna , oblivionne

¹ names that certain alters of the darling stars use

✙ ︵︵ PRONOUNS : h? h?m , sh? h?r , th?y th?m , noir noirs , null nulls , void voids , blur blurs , infinite infinites , dark darks , shadow shadows , shade shades , phantom phantoms , twilight twilights , illusion illusions , penumbra penumbras , silhouette silhouettes , mist mists , fog fogs , lurk lurks , scythe scythes , forget forgets , spiral spirals , 🕳️ 🕳️s , 🌫️ 🌫️s , ⚫️ ⚫️s , 🌑 🌑s , 🌚 🌚s , 🌀 🌀s

✙ ︵︵ USERNAMES : lurkingshadows , lurkingphantoms , foggytwilight , shadowedinfinities

✙ ︵︵ TiTLES : the void , the forgotten one , prn who has long been forgotten , the empty one , prn who is empty , the abyss , prn who screams into the dark abyss , the darkness that keeps you awake at night , the infinite darkness , prn who is shrouded in mystery , the shadow of the night , the lurking silhouette , the one of unimaginable depths , the infinite one , your worst nightmare , the galaxy’s biggest mystery , the living void

✙ ︵︵ LABELS : darkness system , void spacebun , void transmasculine , void emotum , void , void transnull , unknown void kin , void transgender , void transneutral , void transmascfem , void transfeminine , voidattractional , voidpronounstelic , blurred system , blurry reflected

✙ ︵︵ GENDER SYSTEMS : shadow system

✙ ︵︵ GENDERS : gendervoid , voidgender , voidgender , lupusvoid , voibunstarmagic , starrypaintvoidic , novaity , heavoid , ivoyal , distorsweetic , voidox , voidbandaged , voidestroylyrica , voidfallangellic , voidbodiment , voidcattic , neagender , voispirean , staticgender , murkend

[PT: void id pack. requested by shadow black heart black cat anon. tagging id-pack-archive. system names. names. pronouns. usernames. titles. labels. gender systems. genders. /END PT]

Dissociation ID Pack

Requested by Anon

Names

Achlys, Aud, Babel, Babylon, Barren, Blanc, Cassian, Cassius, Darcy, Haze, Hmone, Hollis, Hun, Inara, Itzal, Izhi, Kasumi, Kasumu, Ka’awa, Kgodi, Kiri, Kohu, Kora, Lilione, Mazin, Meglena, Miglė, Mihika, Misty, Mok, Muggur, Nebula, Niara, Nihari, Nihilo, Nihira, Nirav, Nix, Oytuman, Pujoq, Raven, Rinan, Rinku, Rūkas, Sanoe, Senka, Shunya, Sierra, Sumu, Suong, Taktuq, Terhi, Thoka, Tomanbikä, Tuban, Usva, Vacara, Vacio, Xihir, Yogiri, Zero

Pronouns

**/**s, -/-s, 0/0s, ??/???, _/_s, blank/blanks, blur/blurs, daze/dazes, dizzy/dizzies, empty/emptys, float/floats, fog/fogs, forget/forgets, gone/gones, gray/grays, haze/hazes, hush/hushes, miss/missing/missings, o/os, shush/shushes, space/spacey/spaceys, static/statics, stuck/stucks, un/uns, vague/vagues, void/voids, zero/zeros, 0️⃣/0️⃣s, ⏺️/⏺️s, ☁️/☁️s, ⚪️/⚪️s, ⚫️/⚫️s, 🌁/🌁s, 🌫️/🌫️s, 👤/👤s, 💨/💨s, 💭/💭s, 🔇/🔇s, 🔲/🔲s, 🔳/🔳s, 🕳️/🕳️s, 😶‍🌫️/😶‍🌫️s, 🪶/🪶s, 🫥/🫥s

Titles

A Foggy Thought Process, The Dizzy Thinker, The Fogged Up Brain, The Foggy Thoughts, The Lost Soul, The Lost Soul In The Fog, The One Who Isn’t Here, The One Who’s Mind Is Foggy, The One With A Foggy Mind, The One With The Lost Mind, The Spaced Out (Person/Creature/Any Noun), [prn] Who Doesn’t Feel Right, [prn] Who Doesn’t Know What To Do

Genders

Arutido, Blurslightic, Brainfoggender, Croafogin, Dissocialunarocera, Dullained, Dyscognigender, Existinaught, Fogfluidflux, Foggender, Foggyagin, Foggyenigmatic, Foggyvoidflux, Galain, Genderfog, Genderhaze, Hazeneu, Identityfoggender, IDKgender, Mevirasic, Mistigender, Mystxfoggic, Nebbiagender, Noconfusic, Nothinggender, Vaguelexic, Vagusgirl/Vagusboy, Vastspaceic

Other mogai

Alderpitch, Emproque, Vesivague, Voistaldernic, ∅ Omninoun, ∅perspesque

Gender-related Flags For Alters!

These flags are for CDD (complex dissociative disorder) systems ONLY. Do NOT use if you are a "non-disordered system", endogenic, or an endo supporter. Systemhood is part of a mental disorder, not an identity you can adopt.

I saw someone make a post very similar to the content in this one, and I cannot for the life of me find the post again to credit them for this idea -- but this is not my original idea These flags are gender-related terms for alters in a DID/OSDD system. These terms only relate to alters in a system, and the way they present in the innerworld.

Female Formed Alter: an alter who formed as female and identifies as female/feminine, when the body is not female. This alter does not identify as transfeminine, but cannot identify as cis.

Male Formed Alter: an alter who formed as male and identifies as male/masculine, when the body is not male. This alter does not identify as transmasculine, but cannot identify as cis.

Nonbinary Formed Alter: an alter who formed as nonbinary in the innerworld and identifies as nonbinary, however does not identify as trans.

Genderfluid Formed Alter: an alter whose gender or sex characteristics within the innerworld are fluid, or fluctuates.

Bigender Formed Alter: an alter who formed having two genders or multiple sex characteristics in the innerworld, and identifies as bigender.

Genderless Alter: an alter who formed genderless in the innerworld and identifies as genderless.

Transgender Alter: an alter who formed as one gender, but later transitioned to another gender. This can also include: an alter who formed as a different gender from the body, but later transitioned to that same gender; an alter who identifies as the same gender as the host/body, but has conflicting or opposing sex characteristics in the innerworld.

All of these flags can be found as emojis in my server

Writing References: Character Development

50 Questions ⚜ Backstory ⚜ Character-driven Story

Basics: How to Write a Character ⚜ A Story-Worthy Hero

Basics: Character-Building ⚜ Character Creation

Types of Characters: Key Characters ⚜ Literary Characters ⚜ Flat & Round Characters ⚜ Morally Grey ⚜ Narrators ⚜ Allegorical Characters ⚜ Archetypes ⚜ Stereotypical Characters

Worksheets: Backstory ⚜ Character ⚜ Kill your Characters ⚜ Antagonist; Villain; Fighting ⚜ Change; Adding Action; Conflict ⚜ Character Sketch & Bible ⚜ Protagonist & Antagonist ⚜ Name; Quirks; Flaws; Motivation ⚜ "Interviewing" your Characters ⚜ "Well-Rounded" Character

Personality Traits

5 Personality Traits (OCEAN) ⚜ 16 Personality Traits (16PF)

600+ Personality Traits ⚜ 170 Quirks

East vs. West Personalities ⚜ Trait Theories

Tips/Editing

Character Issues ⚜ Character Tropes for Inspiration

"Strong" Characters ⚜ Unlikable to Likable

Tips from Rick Riordan

Writing Notes

Binge ED ⚜ Hate ⚜ Love ⚜ Identifying Character Descriptions

Childhood Bilingualism ⚜ Children's Dialogue ⚜ On Children

Culture ⚜ Culture: Two Views ⚜ Culture Shock

Dangerousness ⚜ Flaws ⚜ Fantasy Creatures

Emotional Intelligence ⚜ Genius (Giftedness)

Emotions (1) (2) ⚜ Anger ⚜ Fear ⚜ Happiness ⚜ Sadness

Emotional Universals ⚜ External & Internal Journey

Goals & Motivations ⚜ Grammar Development ⚜ Habits

Facial Expressions ⚜ Jargon ⚜ Swearing & Taboo Expressions

Happy/Excited Body Language ⚜ Laughter & Humor

Health ⚜ Frameworks of Health ⚜ Memory

Mutism ⚜ Shyness ⚜ Parenting Styles ⚜ Generations

Psychological Reactions to Unfair Behavior

Rhetoric ⚜ The Rhetorical Triangle ⚜ Logical Fallacies

Thinking ⚜ Thinking Styles ⚜ Thought Distortions

Uncommon Words: Body ⚜ Emotions

Villains ⚜ Voice & Accent

More References: Plot ⚜ World-building ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

coffee magic ☕️

a list of simple tips and correspondences for coffee magic

— sun water | energy, happiness

— new moon water | new beginnings, new projects

— full moon water | manifesting, calming

— cinnamon | love, happiness, money

— honey | friendships, relationships, protection

— sugar | manifesting, attraction

— nutmeg | legal matters, good luck

— clove | protection, clarity, abundance

— cardamom | love, lust, confidence, beauty

— anise | purification, protection, love

— ginger | quicken manifestations

— cocoa | grounding, prosperity

— vanilla | calming, good luck, love

— hazelnut | protection, fertility, wisdom

— milk I growth, fertility, strength

— oat milk | prosperity, abundance, fertility

— almond milk | love, prosperity, wisdom

— coconut milk | cleansing, protection, blessing

— stir clockwise | to manifest

— stir counterclockwise | to banish

— paint sigils on your coffee mug / glass

— read your coffee grounds / cream clouds

— scry using black coffee as a reflective surface