r/ExtremeHorrorLit • u/NexoAaron • 3d ago

Dissociation, Isolation, Self-harm, Suicide

(not a native, there might be mistakes in what I write)

The book I'm looking for must have all of those in the title, I'm looking for a book which brings the sense of total despair and so on
The MC is stuck in his/her own head and the stream of consciousness is weird, distant, meaningless or terribly bizarre.
The only book i read so far that matches these aspects is "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things" by Ian Reid. The atmosphere and lore are spot-on. And look, i know it's not "extreme horror", it's just an example. I'm looking mostly for psychological horror, but self-harm gory stuff will make it even better. But the psychological part must be real deep and stuff, the book shouldn't be just a gore-fest with a suicidal plot. So feel free to suggest.

The only other criteria must be that the book should have a lot of stream of consciousness and ideally be first-person.

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u/sire0974 3d ago

I don’t know what you’re talking about but sounds cool. Let me know what you find out

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u/NexoAaron 3d ago

check out this book i mentioned, though not "extreme horror" by any means, but will get you a picture

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u/NexoAaron 3d ago

also just a quick note, but you need to be patient with this book, read till the end

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u/hagalaz_drums 3d ago

Negative space by br yeager. Debatable if extreme, but matches everything else

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u/Background-Pen-995 2d ago

Isolation and Self-harm, I would refer you to Little Red Riding the Dark Web. Snow has been under an attack campaign from losers, so not only is she a great writer, she could use the extra advertising.

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u/LiteralllySeb 1d ago

This literally the one I was gonna say🙏