/lit/ - Literature

>>5993345
It happened to me once when my humors became unbalanced. Let no man tell you that there cannot be such a thing as being too sanguine, OP.

>>5993345
you dumb nigga its referencing how sometimes the punishment we give ourselves for committing immoral actions is worse than the one we would receive from society. His mind and the suffering he gives himself is far worse than Siberia.

>Fits of fevered delirium. Does this actually happen?
During an anorexic phase in my life I experience something much the same as Raskolnikov(is this his name?), although short lived.

Comfiness: The Idiot > CaP

>>5993345
You have to remember that most Russians are drunk all the time. That's why they feel stuff nobody else feels and come down with brain fevers and gamble away all their money and have debts that no Russian calvary officer could ever pay.
It's just vodka.

>>5993399
I think you were just hungry and in need of a cookie or some semen, friend.

no, we have drugs.

>>5993425
Probably the latter

>>5993345
That looks fucking awful, I hate that art style.

>>5993345
Yeah, was reading Demons, and they kept having fits of fever (ayy ayy). Was like... y'all niqqas weak or what? lol smh hahah :') :') :')

Does anyone else think that The Gambler said everything Crime and Punishment was trying to say in third of it's length?

>>5993345
Yes, it is absolutely possible. It can be caused by a series of different things. One anon has already pointed out alcohol withdrawal as being one.

I had a good friend who became an alcoholic before I met him and would constantly have shaking hands and arms. He told me it came after he had a 12 day whisky binge. He was a train hopper and apparently all they do is drink.

I have another friend who just recently experienced this only he not only has the shakes but also now has seizures. He is far worse off than my other friend.

it reminds me a bit of the whole thing with 19th century ladies fainting so much that they needed a specific item of furniture for ladies to faint on.
i think different times had different maladies, and they're not exactly fake, per say, but possibly a touch psycho-somatic

kinda like depression or autism nowadays

i've seen it happen a couple of times, but only to people under the influence of drugs/alcohol

>>5993949
19th century ladies were constantly on drugs. I'm not even kidding.

He was eating maybe 1 every few days, severely dehydrated, depressed and hopeless. Then his conflict (NOT guilt) with his thoughts and actions sap the last of his health.