Psychological Writing Prompts

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"This mirror shows you your deepest desires, even those you didn't know you had, " the shopkeep said, "Stare too long and it will drive you to enact them." "Yeah right," you thought, "it's just a regular mirror"

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In an art piece, much like hysterical literature, four women are tasked with sitting at a bar from opening until closing time, while, through the entire day, being stimulated by vibrators underneath the table. The reactions are quite different for each girl.

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You wake up one morning as the opposite gender you are now and are the only one who remembers your previous life, all your I.D.s and possessions are of your current form. what do you do?

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You've angered some very important people and they are taking their revenge by humiliating you - You've been held back in 12th grade for 15 years now, despite your Ph.D level achievements. Now you're just waiting to see who croaks in this farce first.

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After dying, you awoke to being inside someones mind, you keep trying to escape, but keep getting silenced whenever they eat some medication.

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In a world where beliefs shift reality, the moon turned into a therapist that you can only talk to during night time

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You are a body double for a dictator, the real dictator has died and nobody has figured it out yet

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Your son went missing when he was 5, and no one believes a strange portal took him. As the only suspect, you went to jail for 30 years. But as you are released in front of at least a hundred people, your son appears from a portal. He's still 5, but also looks like he lived a thousand years.

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You and your best friend were caught in a horrific accident. You surely thought you would die, but to your horror, the hospital staff have done a horrific procedure to keep you alive.

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You're just a person who tells the truth, or at least that's what everyone believes about you. However, the hero group believes you change reality so you're never wrong.

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I have no idea why this relaxation app is titled "Become Sluttier," she said, as she undid a button on her top, casually browsing for new red lipstick on her phone. "It is great chill out music though," she said, as she thought about masturbating to *really* help relax...

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An immortal person tries to move on after losing their spouse, another fellow immortal, they were happily married to for 1820 years.

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And just like that: One day, they stopped coming... The last two I killed looked like children as well. Even from a different species, that much was obvious. But now, why do I feel so bad? Like, I did what I had to, right? There was no other feasible option…

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Shhhhhh... You've been strong for so long. I'm so proud of you. Come here, let it all out and let me take care of you now

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The main character is robbed of their emotions by a “demon” and becomes cold hearted. The twist is the “demon”is actually a therapist trying to help them process emotional trauma of their parent’s death.

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You decide to get back at your bullies by tricking them to drink a love potion

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You are a homicide detective called to the scene of a murder. You quickly realize that the victim is a younger version of yourself.

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My dorm mate has been acting a bit off recently. When I asked her what was wrong, she said “What? How can you not tell?!” She claims she was in a girls body… like that was abnormal. She’s always been a girl, right? In fact, she seems confused about tons of things that seem pretty normal to me.

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Manifesting superpowers can be confusing and chaotic. Sometimes they involve involuntary deaths. You find yourself in a courtroom the day after you manifested your powers.

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The first woman to join an all-male police force was disappointed to learn her new job will mostly consist of strip searching recently arrested women. But much to her surprise, she quickly realizes she loves the job.

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You accidentally met your childhood "imaginary friend" you almost forgot in real life, and it seems that they have grown and have forgotten about you.

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Hope can be more cruel than despair. It makes a person desperate, preventing them from making peace with their end and robbing them of a calm and organized end to life.

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"Every hero has a backstory. Every villain has one too. But nothing significant ever happened in my life. And yet, here I am shattered, just like the rest of them."

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(Incest) A cute young woman starts dating a nice boy and his twin sister at the same time, all so she can make them fall in love with her enough to be coaxed into an incestuous threesome.

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The person who ruined your life, you hate the most grew up having the same interests and jobs as you are. You realize you will always see this person for the rest of your life.

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When he wished that he could get laid more easily, the wish followed the path least resistance and simply turned him into a really sexy, really slutty girl...

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You’ve gotten up and worked a full shift. It’s not until after the shift is over that you realized that you haven’t spoken to or seen another human being all day.

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My best friend has been taking a hypnotism class online, mostly as a joke. I offered to let her try it on me, and so she sat me down on the couch. I mean, it wasn’t like she could do anything, right? A girl like me would never fall for hypnosis so easy! Ha!

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"Oh thank goodness you came back! I thought I lost you!" said the teary-eyed otherwordly stranger as they embraced you tightly. You're not sure how or if you should tell them that you're not who they think you are.

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She took a job at a mysterious maternity store. The free lingerie was nice. She didn't expect it to make her baby crazy, but for some reason she couldn't get thoughts of breeding and pregnancy off her mind...

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