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{{trope}}
[[File:rsz 34 identitycrisis 8816.jpg|link=Magic: The Gathering|frame|They're ''really'' giving him a headache.]]
{{quote|''"Somewhere on Beta Colony there is an institution. In one room of the institution, there is a man who spends his days and nights screaming at things that only he can see. Things we planted in his mind. They have to [[Fate Worse Than Death|keep him in a straitjacket twenty-four hours a day]] or [[Eye Scream|he'll claw his own eyes out]] just to make it stop."''
|'''[[The Corps Is Mother|Lyta Alexander]]'''|''[[Babylon 5]]''}}
A character is attacked by a villain in the most painful non-physical way possible. Their mind and [[Our Souls Are Different|soul]] are assaulted with painful, horrifying visions and memories, and broken until they're [[Heroic BSOD|powerless]] and [[Convenient Coma|numb]], but [[Empty Shell|not dead]], although afterward they [[Fate Worse Than Death|may wish they were.]] No sexual contact occurs, but everything else is there to resemble a rape - violation of private parts, helplessness, and the corruption of what could otherwise be a source of joy.
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The physical attacks won't go very far; all (or most) of the agony is inflicted mentally and emotionally, and it's chilling to see a villain be that cruel. The traumatized victim suffers all of the side-effects afterward (such as [[Rape Leads to Insanity]]). May include further sexual symbolism for good measure, such as severe and unfunny [[Clothing Damage]] and sinister [[Double Entendre]]s.
Comes in two variations: one is a [[Break Them by Talking|completely "mundane"]] but no less horrifying brand of [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture]] that nonetheless [[Armor-Piercing Question|breaks a]] [[Two Plus Torture Makes Five|character's mind]]. The other is the above done via [[Mind Probe]], [[Psychic Powers]], [[Brown Note]], [[Psychological Torment Zone|illusions,]] or seeing something [[Man Was Not Meant to Know]]. All too frequently the consequence of encountering an [[Eldritch Abomination]]; even so much as ''looking'' at one of them might cause [[Go Mad from the Revelation|permanent damage to sanity]]. Of course, '''Mind Rape''' can also involve forced exposure to [[Mind Screw]]s.
Just as [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]], a character indulging in the
The less said of the things that are created when this trope meets [[Rule 34]], the better.
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Compare [[Fate Worse Than Death]], [[Subtext]], and [[Villainous BSOD]]. [[Logic Bomb]] is what happens when computers (or [[Straw Vulcan|really rational people]]) experience this due to encountering and being confused with mindscrews. Contrast with the [[Care Bear Stare]], which assaults the target with happy thoughts, like [[Tastes Like Diabetes|rainbows and stuff]].
Not to be confused with [[More Than Mind Control]] (though
{{noreallife|this is a [[:Category:Rape Tropes|rape trope]] even if the rape is purely in the mind, and All The Tropes does not care to [[squick]] its readers.}}
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