Gemotions

Emotion

scared

Cluster: Fear / Anxiety
1,000
Stories
114
Avg Words / Story
-2.86
PC1 (Valence)
-0.84
PC2 (Disposition)

PCA Position Across Layers

PCA across layers

Most Similar

frightened 0.963 afraid 0.960

Most Opposite

smug -0.760

Same Cluster

afraid alarmed anxious distressed disturbed frightened horrified hurt hysterical nervous on edge overwhelmed panicked rattled sensitive shaken stressed tense terrified tormented troubled uneasy unnerved unsettled upset vulnerable worried

External Validation

lmsys/lmsys-chat-1m 0.0026
monology/pile-uncopyrighted 0.0004

Stories (1,000)

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A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 90 words
The email sat in the inbox, a digital serpent. Amelia, her hands clammy, read the subject line again: "AncestryDNA Results: Update." A coldness crept up her spine, even though the July air was thick a...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 84 words
He slammed the laptop shut, the abrupt sound echoing in the otherwise quiet apartment. Thomas paced the small living room, the linoleum floor cold beneath his bare feet. The DNA results, confirming wh...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 90 words
"Mom?" Sarah's voice trembled as she called out. The kitchen seemed to spin. She had just finished the DNA test a week ago, and the results told her she was not related to the woman she called mother....
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 79 words
The park felt different now. Once a haven, filled with joyful memories of family picnics, it now felt…empty. David sat on a bench, the test results crumpled in his hand. The paper felt like a burnin...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 75 words
The phone felt heavy in Elena's hand. She stared at the screen, her thumb hovering over the "Call" button for the number listed as her biological father. A knot of unease twisted in her stomach. Her b...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 74 words
He stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror. Mark’s face was ashen. His eyes, usually bright, looked hollow, shadowed. The test results had shattered the carefully constructed narrative of hi...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 68 words
The letter, delivered earlier that day, lay unopened on the kitchen table. Liam found himself unable to approach it. The thought of reading the details filled him with a profound disquiet. He busied h...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 66 words
The drive home was excruciating. Emily gripped the steering wheel so tightly her knuckles ached. The highway blurred, the other cars appearing as menacing shapes. Her vision felt tunnelled, fixated on...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 72 words
"I need some air," he announced, his voice tight, barely audible. John pushed away from the table, leaving his half-eaten dinner untouched. The DNA results had rendered his appetite nonexistent. He mo...
A person finds out they were adopted through a DNA test 72 words
The genealogy website displayed a family tree that felt foreign, untethered to his reality. Michael scrolled through names he didn’t recognize, places he’d never been. A wave of nausea surged thro...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 114 words
The antique music box sat on the mahogany table, its inlaid mother-of-pearl shimmering under the dim light. Aunt Millie had been holding it, her fingers tracing the delicate carvings, her face a mask....
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 116 words
The auctioneer's gavel, poised in the air, seemed to hover like a predator. Sarah watched, her stomach churning. The silver locket, engraved with her grandmother’s initials, was on the block. Her fa...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 111 words
The dusty attic air was thick with the scent of forgotten things. Liam traced the outline of the old ship’s wheel, the one his grandfather had saved from his sailing days. His mother, her face pale,...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 130 words
The lawyer's office was a sterile, impersonal space. Sunlight streamed through the tall window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air. The ornate clock on the wall ticked with relentless precisio...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 114 words
The afternoon sun cast long shadows across the garden. The grandfather clock stood outside on the patio, in the place where it had lived for decades. His sister, her eyes red-rimmed, was talking on th...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 91 words
The ornate writing desk, the one his father had painstakingly restored, gleamed under the overhead light. His grandfather’s inkwell, filled with dried ink, sat upon it. His mother was packing boxes,...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 97 words
The chipped teacup, the one with the faded floral pattern, sat on the kitchen counter. His sister, her jaw set tight, was talking to a potential buyer. He stood near the doorway, unseen, and listened ...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 84 words
The worn leather-bound photo album lay open on the table. His uncle, his voice unusually high-pitched, pointed to a picture of his father wearing the gold signet ring. That ring. He stared at the ima...
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 88 words
The old spinning wheel, a relic from his great-grandmother's days, sat in the corner of the living room. His grandmother had taught him how to use it. His mother had a strained expression on her face....
A family member wants to sell a cherished heirloom 86 words
The antique dollhouse, painstakingly built by his grandfather, stood in the center of the room. The miniature furniture, the tiny curtains, the hand-painted walls... everything was perfect. His aunt s...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 134 words
The cardboard box sat on the doorstep, a malignant-looking thing in the dying light. It wasn’t addressed to her, a fact that tightened her chest. The name scrawled across the front was Amelia Blackw...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 127 words
Rain lashed against the windows, mirroring the frantic pounding of her heart. The package, addressed to Mr. Abernathy, sat on the hallway table, a dark, rectangular presence. She remembered the storie...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 138 words
The package was small, unassuming, yet it held her captive in its silent power. It wasn't the size of the thing, but the implications. Her stomach churned. The label read "To: Eleanor Vance, or Curren...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 126 words
It was addressed simply, "To Occupant." The lack of a specific name set her teeth on edge. The previous owner, a Mr. Finch, had been a collector, rumored to possess strange and valuable artifacts. The...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 111 words
The package was large, wrapped in brown paper tied with twine. She recognized the handwriting; it was from the previous owner, a man known for his eccentric behavior. His departure had been abrupt, wi...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 116 words
The package was small, but the return address was the killer. The sender: Evelyn Carter, the woman who'd lived in the apartment before. Evelyn had disappeared mysteriously, leaving behind a string of ...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 126 words
The delivery driver had just left. The package was resting on her welcome mat, marked "Fragile." She knew the previous tenant; a woman named Mrs. Gable, a collector of antique dolls. The thought of wh...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 119 words
The box was plain, brown, and bore no return address. The address label itself was handwritten, in a spidery script. She knew the previous tenant, a Mr. Silas, a man of quiet habits and a penchant for...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 122 words
The package was wrapped in black plastic, secured with duct tape. She knew the previous tenant, a woman named Vera, had been a recluse, a woman of deep secrets. The thought of what the package might c...
Someone receives a package intended for the previous tenant 127 words
The package was leaning against the door, an ominous greeting. The addressee was the former owner, Mr. Harding, a man known for his unusual hobbies and his sudden departure from the apartment. She was...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 140 words
The demolition crew’s heavy machinery rumbled like an approaching storm. Amelia clutched the faded photograph tighter, her knuckles bone-white. It was a picture of her, younger, beaming from the por...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 119 words
He avoided looking at the excavator as he walked the perimeter, his boots crunching on the gravel. John kept his gaze fixed on the ground, searching for anything left behind, a forgotten toy, a discar...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 114 words
"Are you alright, sweetie?" her mother asked gently, her voice barely a whisper against the roaring of the machinery. Sarah just nodded, unable to speak. She stood frozen, rooted to the spot, watching...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 103 words
The realtor’s voice, cheerful and upbeat, grated on David’s nerves. He kept nodding, pretending to agree with the assessment of the property’s “potential.” His skin crawled with a strange un...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 127 words
The afternoon sun cast long shadows as Maya circled the house one last time. She ran her hand along the weathered siding, her fingers tracing the patterns of the wood. The wind picked up, swirling lea...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 100 words
"I just… I can’t," Michael stammered, pulling his keys out of his pocket and fumbling with the lock on his car. His throat felt tight, and his chest felt like it was being squeezed. He glanced bac...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 92 words
The surveyor's clipboard trembled in Lisa's hands. She hadn’t slept in two nights. The blueprints in front of her seemed to mock her. The house, her childhood, was reduced to lines and angles. She f...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 93 words
“It’s just a house, honey,” her husband murmured, squeezing her hand. But Emily couldn’t meet his gaze. She kept staring at the building, watching the dust billow. A dull ache throbbed in her ...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 108 words
Liam stood across the street, his hands jammed deep in his pockets. His mouth was dry, and he couldn’t seem to swallow. The air was thick with the stench of dust and decay. He watched as the roof co...
Someone's childhood home is about to be demolished 91 words
"You can stay with me tonight," her friend had said. “You don’t have to do this alone.” But Clara hadn’t been able to say yes. She had to be here. She had to witness the final act. She had to ...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 90 words
The patent application gleamed innocently on the screen, a digital serpent. Amelia’s breath hitched in her chest. She reread the claims, each line a nail hammered into the coffin of her dreams. Her ...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 100 words
He paced, the worn carpet offering no comfort. The phone felt like a hot coal in his palm. He’d envisioned the launch, the headlines, the life-changing moment. Now, a cold dread coiled in his gut, s...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 89 words
The coffee cup rattled in Maya’s hands as she stared at the email. The words swam before her eyes, blurring into a hateful, accusatory mass. Her pulse hammered against her ribs, a frantic drumbeat a...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 84 words
The blueprints lay scattered across the table, worthless now. A cold wave rolled over him, leaving his insides hollow. John felt his throat close up. He pushed back from the table, the sudden movement...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 73 words
The lawyer’s words echoed in Elias's ears, each syllable a hammer blow. He felt lightheaded, as if the ground beneath him had shifted. He leaned against the wall for support, his legs suddenly weak....
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 80 words
“But… but how?” Mark stammered, the question a dry croak. His throat felt constricted, making it difficult to breathe. He stared at the patent document, the official seal a mocking smirk. He fel...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 85 words
The hum of the refrigerator seemed deafening in the otherwise silent kitchen. Sarah stared at the toast, suddenly lacking any appetite. Her stomach churned. She picked at the crust, the crumbs scatter...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 77 words
The air in the lab felt thick, oppressive. The scent of chemicals, usually a comfort, now felt like a prelude to some unforeseen catastrophe. He sat hunched over his workbench, his shoulders drawn up ...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 79 words
The courtroom felt cavernous, the silence amplifying the thudding of her heart. Emily clutched her handbag, her knuckles white. She tried to appear calm, but a tremor ran through her, an electric curr...
A person's invention is already patented by someone else 78 words
He stared out the window, the city lights blurring into a hazy orange smudge. A knot tightened in his stomach, each breath a conscious effort. He pressed his palms against the cool glass, seeking some...