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A common sitting position for an introverted, shy, depressed character or perhaps one that is going through a [[Freak Out|breakdown]] or some [[Sanity Slippage]] is for them to sit with their knees pulled to their chest perhaps with their arms wrapped around their knees. If the character has gone through something traumatic expect them to rest their head atop their knees so that their hair falls around their face. Sometimes, they may rock their body back and forth while [[Madness Mantra|muttering something incoherent]]. Also considered a form of [[Wangst]]. Someone taking a [[Shower of Angst]] is likely to do this.

A common sitting position for an introverted, shy, depressed character or perhaps one that is going through a [[Freak-Out|breakdown]] or some [[Sanity Slippage]] is for them to sit with their knees pulled to their chest perhaps with their arms wrapped around their knees. If the character has gone through something traumatic expect them to rest their head atop their knees so that their hair falls around their face. Sometimes, they may rock their body back and forth while [[Madness Mantra|muttering something incoherent]]. Also considered a form of [[Wangst]]. Someone taking a [[Shower of Angst]] is likely to do this.

Different from the [[Corner of Woe]] in that this trope is usually done in a dramatic fashion; could also be done as a result of coping with some [[Paranoia Fuel]] or [[Nightmare Fuel]].

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** Ricky Flame in ''iCook''. Slumps to the ground after losing in the cooking competition, then once again after Sam pins him down in the wrestling gym.

** Lewbert in ''iFind Lewbert's Lost Love''. Traumatized after seeing his abusive ex-fiancee once again, he locks up himself in his office, rocking to and fro in the corner.

* In ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' episode Midnight, the Doctor sits like this while the he and the other passengers wait for the rescue vehicle to arrive. Definitely significant in context.

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode Midnight, the Doctor sits like this while the he and the other passengers wait for the rescue vehicle to arrive. Definitely significant in context.

** The Eighth Doctor does this, while rocking back and forth, in one of the [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novels, during a conversation about the imminent destruction of the multiverse and the fact the few remaining survivors of his own species have dubbed him "the Blessed Destroyer", [[Where I Was Born and Razed|for reasons]] [[Trauma Induced Amnesia|he just barely remembers]]. It probably doesn't help his state of mind that he also just had something close to a near-death experience.

** The Eighth Doctor does this, while rocking back and forth, in one of the [[Eighth Doctor Adventures]] novels, during a conversation about the imminent destruction of the multiverse and the fact the few remaining survivors of his own species have dubbed him "the Blessed Destroyer", [[Where I Was Born and Razed|for reasons]] [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia|he just barely remembers]]. It probably doesn't help his state of mind that he also just had something close to a near-death experience.

* In season five of ''[[Dexter]]'', Lumen does this upon hearing the sounds of people having sex in the hotel room next door, covering her ears with her hands as the sounds remind her of her own traumatic gang rape. Dexter has also done this when flashing back to witnessing his mother's gruesome murder.

* In ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' episode "Allison From Palmdale," Allison is shown in this position while in her prison cell.

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{{quote| ''A depressed loser cowers in a corner. According to a new Stanford University study, there is no hope for such people.''}}

* ''[[Salad Fingers]]'' does this as well as cry in the cupboard when Roger assaults him with Brown Notes.

** He also does this during a [[Freak Out]] after a little girl speaks to him.

** He also does this during a [[Freak-Out]] after a little girl speaks to him.

* ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]'': Flippy in "Double Whammy" after coming out of his [[Ax Crazy]] state and discovering himself to be covered in the intestines of one of his friends.

* We first meet the transformed Stuart in this position in ''The Jade Box''.

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