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Character traits: under stress
What shows when plans break—panic, grit, cruelty, or freeze.
156 traits on this page
Under stress traits in this catalog
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- 1. Afraid
- 2. Agitated
- 3. Agonizing
- 4. Alarmed
- 5. Angry
- 6. Annoyed
- 7. Anxious
- 8. Apathetic
- 9. Ashamed
- 10. Bewildered
- 11. Bitter
- 12. Blithe
- 13. Bored
- 14. Brittle
- 15. Calm
- 16. Centered
- 17. Clear-headed
- 18. Clear-minded
- 19. Composed
- 20. Compulsive
- 21. Confused
- 22. Content
- 23. Contented
- 24. Cowardly
- 25. Crazy
- 26. Cross
- 27. Defeated
- 28. Defensive
- 29. Depressed
- 30. Deranged
- 31. Despairing
- 32. Despondent
- 33. Disappointed
- 34. Discontented
- 35. Discouraged
- 36. Disgusted
- 37. Dismayed
- 38. Dissatisfied
- 39. Distressed
- 40. Easily Discouraged
- 41. Ecstatic
- 42. Elated
- 43. Embarrassed
- 44. Enduring
- 45. Enervated
- 46. Enraged
- 47. Equable
- 48. Erratic
- 49. Escapist
- 50. Excitable
- 51. Excited
- 52. Fearful
- 53. Fearless
- 54. Ferocious
- 55. Fidgety
- 56. Fiery
- 57. Flustered
- 58. Frail
- 59. Frenetic
- 60. Frightened
- 61. Frustrated
- 62. Furious
- 63. Giddy
- 64. Gloomy
- 65. Glum
- 66. Grim
- 67. Grounded
- 68. Guilty
- 69. Haggard
- 70. Hardy
- 71. Harried
- 72. Hopeful
- 73. Hopeless
- 74. Horrified
- 75. Hot-headed
- 76. Hot-tempered
- 77. Humiliated
- 78. Hyper
- 79. Hysterical
- 80. Impassive
- 81. Incoherent
- 82. Insecure
- 83. Intense
- 84. Invulnerable
- 85. Irascible
- 86. Irritable
- 87. Jittery
- 88. Laid-back
- 89. Level-headed
- 90. Lonely
- 91. Melancholic
- 92. Mellow
- 93. Mindful
- 94. Miserable
- 95. Moody
- 96. Morbid
- 97. Negative
- 98. Nervous
- 99. Neurotic
- 100. Nonchalant
- 101. Numb
- 102. Obsessive
- 103. Optimistic
- 104. Overjoyed
- 105. Overwhelmed
- 106. Patient
- 107. Peaceful
- 108. Phlegmatic
- 109. Placid
- 110. Positive
- 111. Pusillanimous
- 112. Quick-tempered
- 113. Relaxed
- 114. Relieved
- 115. Repressed
- 116. Resilient
- 117. Restrained
- 118. Sad
- 119. Scared
- 120. Self-conscious
- 121. Self-controlling
- 122. Self-destructive
- 123. Self-pitying
- 124. Serene
- 125. Shocked
- 126. Short-tempered
- 127. Sober
- 128. Somber
- 129. Spineless
- 130. Squeamish
- 131. Stable
- 132. Steady
- 133. Steely
- 134. Stoic
- 135. Sullen
- 136. Surprised
- 137. Tense
- 138. Terrified
- 139. Thrilled
- 140. Timid
- 141. Tired
- 142. Tough
- 143. Tranquil
- 144. Unbalanced
- 145. Uncomplaining
- 146. Unflappable
- 147. Unhappy
- 148. Unhealthy
- 149. Unhurried
- 150. Unpredicatable
- 151. Unrestrained
- 152. Unstable
- 153. Upset
- 154. Vacant
- 155. Weak
- 156. Worried
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No. Traits here are fiction-writing prompts. They are not clinical or diagnostic.