The Alienist’s Cabinet

Racing thoughtsIdeas arriving faster than they may be properly received Persistent dreadA conviction that something has been left terribly undone Memory fogNames and intentions escaping through unseen apertures Irrational confidenceAn alarming certainty unsupported by evidence Compulsive correspondenceThe irresistible answering of every message Unwelcome melodiesA tune repeating within the cranial chamber Suspicion of clocksThe sense that timepieces are withholding information Inability to finish anythingA proliferation of beginnings without natural conclusions Dreams of impossible architectureStaircases and rooms disobedient to geometry

Constitutional fatigueA heaviness exceeding the day's honest exertions Restless limbsExtremities possessed of independent evening ambitions Mysterious achesDiscomfort migrating without papers or permission Cold extremitiesA winter residing chiefly in the fingers and toes Warmth of the foreheadExcessive intellectual combustion above the brow Fluttering constitutionAn internal commotion resembling trapped sparrows Poor sleepNightly negotiations with unconsciousness proving fruitless Unexplained buzzingA low electrical congress of uncertain origin Sensitivity to moonlightLunar rays producing an unreasonable personal effect

Sense of impending destinyThe future behaving as though it has made arrangements Haunted by former selvesPast versions of oneself remaining noisily present Loss of vital essenceA measurable reduction in one's customary animation Uncertainty regarding mirrorsReflections displaying an excess of private knowledge Dreams that feel legally bindingNocturnal agreements of questionable jurisdiction Persistent ennuiA grey weather settled permanently upon the spirit Awareness of unseen observersThe sensation of being reviewed by an absent committee Cosmically misplacedA suspicion of having arrived in the wrong universe Suspected curseCircumstances too specific to be ordinary misfortune

Excessive screen exposureLong attendance upon luminous rectangles Immoderate coffeeStimulation of the nerves by the bitter bean Recently read philosophyContact with ideas unsuited to domestic tranquility Works after sundownLabor conducted during hours reserved for spectres Lives near electrical wiringChronic proximity to invisible artificial forces Argues on the internetRepeated disputation with distant strangers Has ignored several lettersAn accumulation of unanswered social obligations Numerous houseplantsVegetation approaching institutional influence