/lit/ - Literature

I've had really great success with PKD novels and short stories. Especially 'Scanner'. His books are easy to read and are incredibly relatable to someone that deals with paranoid thoughts on a regular basis. I usually give Scanner to the substance abuse patients and, on more than one occasion, they've told me that they didn't even realize books were able to have such an effect. He absolutely nails the paranoid sorrow that comes along with having only the faintest grip on reality. Just be mindful of who you give them to... For instance, I'm pretty sure giving a newly admitted paranoid schizophrenic a copy of UBIK would have just about the same effect as dosing their Crystal Light with LSD. Bad news.