sanity loss
Grip on reality
Sanity loss is the erosion of mental stability, especially as a game mechanic in horror tabletop and video games.
In *Call of Cthulhu* and similar games, encountering cosmic horrors depletes a character's sanity points: My character took massive sanity loss after seeing the Elder Thing.
The term has spread beyond gaming to describe any psychologically overwhelming experience: Reading the comments section was pure sanity loss.
- madnessMental derangement or folly
- going madBecoming mentally unhinged
- mental breakdownAcute psychological crisis
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
cracking · slipping away · psychosis · delirium · hysteria · horror · Lovecraft · Call of Cthulhu · eldritch · void · abyss · gibbering · catatonia · paranoia · hallucination · terror · cosmic · incomprehensible
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Mental soundness
mental health · lucidity · clear-headedness · composure · level-headedness
sanity losspsychological healing
Mind's return to wholeness
mental health recovery · getting better · grounding · recentering
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