/lit/ - Literature

You can still live a normal life if your condition is not particularly resistant to treatment, just try to avoid getting into any substance abuse. My grandmother was a paranoid schizophrenic and lived fairly normal apart from the occasional episode but I never even knew about those until she'd been dead for several years and my dad told me. The biggest thing was that she drank like a fish and smoked like a burning building her whole life so she died of complications with those. Even then, I think she was on her 70s by that point and had managed to be married (twice even) and have 2 kids so that's not a bad run.

Besides, now you've got something to write about!

On the off chance this isn't an elaborate bait, the Necronomicon is purely a literary invention by H.P. Lovecraft that became a facet of pop culture. Any supposed "translations" are merely continuations of this traditions. No ancient Necronomicon has ever existed, nor has Abdul Alhazred ("the Mad Arab").

That's not to say there aren't genuine historical grimoires one could reference when writing their own version of the Necronomicon, but anything claiming to be a translation of the ancient book is merely modern fabrication.

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It would take away from his schizo larp to actually post on the right board

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People just stare at me blankly when I start talking about interesting things

I'm thinking I'll write something for the "Parade of Ghosts".

Depends on how you mean. Do you mean genuine fear? Or do you mean books that can truly unsettle me?

If the latter, there are many books that can do that I think, at least for me. I was, in some ways, scared while reading Dracula. Not because of vampires or any such nonsense, but because I felt attached to the characters and feared for them.

If the former, there are certainly fewer. It's partially up to you, the reader. These stories play on the irrational mind in order to get a reaction. We know that it's not real, but if we allow ourselves to be scared by it, we can be. It's along the lines of suspension of disbelief.
As for stories like these, I have a hard time finding them. I'm trying to read more horror, but so far the only story that's done it for me is Lovecraft's short story "Pickman's Model". I feel like it's really under appreciated, and I like that the horror doesn't become very evident until the end when you can reflect on what you've learned.

Horror stories lack a lot of the gut punch fear that movies can utilize, being visual, but some may argue they're better for it. It requires a greater degree of skill and ultimately a more polished product to produce good horror fiction.