Stripes and Chains 13 - Pleasure and Punishment
Not out of some mental instability, but because they instinctively believed it was acceptable. "calm down tiger." kelsura said soothingly, brushing her hand through his hair, significantly longer than where it had been on his arrival.
Spirit Bound: Chapter Sixty-Three
He smiled weakly, "i've been accused of mental instability and treated that way most of this month, at least. i don't care.
(W.I.P) Dreaming days.
Laying on his back looking up into the clear, almost painfully blue sky above his head, peter wondered if he hadn't finally given in to mental instability.
Acceptance
This whole ordeal with marcus had to be a testament to the other man's passion...or his mental instability. "a-alright." a quick shake of the head and marcus was getting back into focus. "so where should we go? it's your treat since i'm buyin'."
Syngeneia Kathairein part 9
This leads to mental instability and an increase in violent tendencies". disarria says this happens a lot on ships like this one. koriza stomps your foot under the table and glares at you "wrong time and place, dork" zalisi looks spooked.
Mommy's Cocksleeve. (COMM)
Although their species was great when it came to mental prowess, there was also the flaw that mental instability struck them even harder.
Skipping Out
She did not wish to be the one who condemned pine by reporting on his mental instability, so she ducked through the open panel after him. she managed to follow as he squirmed through spaces familiar to him but alien to her.
Unnatural Selection - Ch 4: Behind the Eight Ball
He then joined the cia to train as a wet work agent, but was dropped from the program due to his slight mental instability and a fascination with blood that disturbed even the agency's assassins.
Virtually Real Part 8: A New Reality
He has no allergies, genetic defects, or mental instabilities; unlike yourself. any other information is for my use only. if you want to know more you'll have to ask kyle directly."
Platform Zero II
A nurse was many things, but someone capable of resolving another's mental instability spurred on by all sorts of factors and complications from personal trauma to general sickness was something else entirely removed.
What to do with a high class whore
She was beginning to see a bit of mental instability in this man... if it wasn't already apparent. being a high-class whore didn't qualify her as a psychoanalyst, but being a whore did give her a lot of insight into the male mind.
Eternal Universe - Chapter One
Studies done during initial developments of ship control systems also indicated that a control system with expected sounds reduced pilot mental instabilities." well, that's a thing. lore behind why the system operates the way it does.