Intense
Both words in one sentence
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Ned Needlemeyer is a nervous 8 year old with several intense fears, which play themselves out in exaggerated fashions in his dreams.
- This is intense for the partner under normal circumstances, but some asari, called Ardat-Yakshi, suffer from a condition that fatally burns out the nervous system of anyone with whom they mate.
Source: Can't Have Sex, Ever - In a slight reversal, Stanislavski backed off from the "Don't Think, Feel" position later in life, mostly because recalling intense emotions night after night took a heavy toll on his actors and (reportedly) reduced a fair few of them to near nervous wrecks.
Source: Don't Think, Feel
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