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Sometimes, possessing [[Psychic Powers]] ''really'' has a ''bad'' effect on your life.
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* Hisoka Kurosaki of ''[[Descendants of Darkness|Yami no Matsuei]]'' describes this trope to a 'T'. His empathy make physical contact painful, to the point that he can even pass out from the overload of emotions/memories/dreams. His parents started young with the ridicule and rejection bit {{spoiler|when they locked him away in the basement as a child}} only letting him out at night.
** Of course, this is what {{spoiler|leads to his rape and eventual murder}} at the hands of [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Kazutaka Muraki}}
* In ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', Joshua Christopher is [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity|driven insane]] by being [[Hearing Voices|unable to stop reading the minds of those around him]]. Mary Magdalene also has so many visions about the future that she's forgotten nearly all of her own memories, and in the manga {{spoiler|her powers make her the perfect target for a [[Body Surf
* People with psychic powers in [[Shaman King]] risk being isolated and physically hurt by ghosts because of their abilities.
* Shion, a shrine priestess from [[Naruto Shippuden]] ''The Movie'' is at first glance a brat and a whiner, but in reality she is this way because all her predictions have come true. So that means everyone she had previously loved or cared for has died, and in order to avoid that from ever happening again, she stopped making friends and connections with others.
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* The Sandleford rabbits expect Fiver to act like this in ''[[Watership Down]]''; however, once he's reassured that Hazel is going to ''do'' something about his visions of blood and death, Fiver is much calmer and happier. It's most apparent when the rabbits are living on the titular down with no major crises, as many of them consider Fiver to be a source of good level-headed advice.
* [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s protagonist Flinx spends an awful lot of time bemoaning what a problem his emotional telepathy is.
* [[Making a Splash|Watercrafters]] in the ''[[Codex Alera]]'' series are empaths. Sure, they're [[Living Lie Detector
** Said watercrafter is also [[Ax Crazy]] due to the fact that her empathic powers hit her at the same time she was kidnapped, had a magical control collar put on her, and was repeatedly raped.
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