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The Rationalists’ Mantra

7.33/10 · 209 votes

June 15, 2015 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I’m a rational person. I’m an atheist, a sceptic about most things, and I trust in science. But sometimes I don’t act in the most rational way. After using the…

Suspiria

7.25/10 · 150 votes

January 1, 2018 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I can still hear them. In the stillness of the night as I wait for the grasp of sleep to take me, the sighs start flooding in from all directions.…

The Prisoners

7.30/10 · 182 votes

September 27, 2017 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

"Are you going to get a pint in, then? They've just called time." I didn't hear him at first, I was miles away playing on the gambling machine in the…

Hermit

7.39/10 · 290 votes

February 15, 2013 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

(Based on a real life premonition.) On the eve of his parents death Alex sat down at the dining table and poured himself a glass of crystalline red wine. He…

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

7.35/10 · 229 votes

August 16, 2015 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I am going to start by saying I am terrified of spiders. Actually, terrified is to mild of a word to describe it. In fact it got to be so…

The Spider in the Bed

7.32/10 · 200 votes

May 22, 2018 · Insects, Spiders, and Parasites

“I don’t want to talk. Really. I just want to go to bed,” she said, taking out her earrings. She hustled by him without making eye contact, tossed the mail…

Madness and Mockingbirds

6.88/10 · 66 votes

May 28, 2017 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

White. That was Jim’s world. The walls were white, the floor was white, the orderlies wore white. It was an upsetting, all-encompassing white which left him feeling a little dizzy.…

The Man in Black

7.41/10 · 342 votes

October 21, 2015 · Beings and Entities

I had to grow up when I was six. I had two little brothers that depended on me. Liam was two and John was just a baby. Our parents were…

Ill-Lit

6.80/10 · 59 votes

September 10, 2022 · Animals and Wildlife

A child was costly, and he had such little money. His mind, also, had been unwell. He hadn’t been himself of late, like his brain had gotten sick much in…

This is Your Father Speaking

6.99/10 · 82 votes

December 16, 2021 · Children and Childhood

What woke me up that night was the sound of a female voice screaming, coming from underneath my bedroom, but I was so tired and young that I mistook the…

The Dream

7.40/10 · 338 votes

August 2, 2012 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I’m running as fast as I can down the road ahead of me. It’s a long gravel road, and as far as my eyes can see there is no end.…

Chronicles of the Mark #1: The Crazy Place

7.05/10 · 94 votes

July 8, 2014 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

This is an entry in the ongoing Mark of Canus pasta series. Two concepts exist in our world, the natural, and the supernatural. Humanity actively sees and understands the natural,…

Nikmetop

6.57/10 · 47 votes

December 3, 2021 · Locations and Sites

We had been driving all day and night, to get to my wife’s parent’s place in Oregon, and I could tell that we were both reaching a point of exhaustion.…

Oh, The Rain

7.30/10 · 201 votes

September 24, 2012 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

Like snakes slithering, intertwined, So are the constructs of my mind. I wonder if 'twas by Divine design, Or just the passage of Earth's cruel time. No matter the case,…

Soulmate

7.41/10 · 403 votes

March 1, 2016 · Beings and Entities

The night is especially silent and the moon is missing the company of its alluring stars. Sitting on the edge of a dusty old mattress, Evelyn Parker holds on tightly…

The Boy

7.40/10 · 392 votes

June 4, 2018 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I love my son, I truly do. There’s nothing in the world I would wish for than my parents, my wife, and most importantly, my son. His name is Oscar,…

This Man

7.33/10 · 238 votes

October 25, 2013 · Beings and Entities

On one of two big hills sandwiching the sleepy little town of Maldoona, twins Sasha and Tasha, aged nine, sat gazing at the stars. In the throes of boredom, Sasha…

Something is making Me do Random Tasks for People I don’t Know

5.45/10 · 22 votes

November 8, 2025 · Beings and Entities

I need to start this out with the simple fact that I’ve never had any mental issues in the past and I also haven’t used any drugs, not even the…

Arrival

7.43/10 · 515 votes

February 8, 2016 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I met Cassie for the first time when I started high school. She was in my art class, and the teacher, Ms Perez, was always giving her a hard time.…

The Last Words

7.37/10 · 345 votes

September 16, 2013 · Deaths, Murders, and Disappearances

One morning my family and I went to my grandparent's house in Mississauga. My sister and I always used to play in their large backyard which overlooked a sprawling ravine.…

A Night Terror

7.24/10 · 175 votes

August 13, 2016 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I felt something was in the room with me. Not someone, something. Something menacing and purely evil. As I’m in the bed I could feel the room growing hotter and…

Seriously?

7.36/10 · 333 votes

June 22, 2010 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

A man and woman walked out of the bank, hand in hand. This might be a normal thing for anyone, maybe even you. But not for her. The man made…

Dreams That Can Kill

7.41/10 · 495 votes

August 4, 2012 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

You have probably heard the phrase "If you die in your dream, you die in real life". I have always been skeptical of this phrase. I've never thought that phrase…

Colwin’s Corner

7.38/10 · 390 votes

February 21, 2020 · Madness, Paranoia, and Mental Illness

I usually like to watch TV with my little sister, Kimberly. She was only five, so of course, she watched all the cutesy kids' shows. I didn’t really mind, though.…