>started getting intense paranoia at night a few days ago
>can barely get close to sleep without thinking of something that makes the paranoia worse
>fixated on all windows and doors, feel unsafe facing away from them
>sleep deprivation is just making it worse with each passing night
Any books on sleeping or fear that could help me here? I'm started to get legitimately worried that I'm going to be driven insane—this is living hell and it's starting to happen at points throughout the daytime as well
>>9763419
I get that way sometimes anon. Reading is a cerebral activity so I find that when my mind isn't at full capacity it doesn't do much for me. In fact a lot the time I scare myself more by reading. Last time I was in that state, I just when on a drinking binge so I passed out. I'm not an alcoholic or anything but sometimes you just need to knock yourself out to get sleep.
You're probably not actually insane, it's just a worsening side effect of sleep deprivation.
http://gnosis.org/library/hermet.htm#CH
This is pretty good for staving terror off.
>>9763419
The bible
>>9763419
The Outsider by Colin Wilson
>>9763419
Please, give me a reason. A good, valid reason with names, dates, times. Please. I want you to.
Read The Jaunt by Stephen King, should be easy to download.
>>9763708
Drug use isn't safe during "episodes" like these. In the case that paranoia and the inability to sleep could be a sign of mental illness, drugs could very well accelerate, or even trigger, the illness and make it much worse.
>>9763419
Maybe a fucking book isn't the thing you should be focusing on
Go to a doctor