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The Patient
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Patient is a 2020 novel by Jasper DeWitt. Starting originally on Reddit's NoSleep subreddit under the title "The Patient That Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine," the story was later optioned by Ryan Reynolds and then published as a standalone novel by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. One of the few Reddit works to successfully make the jump to traditional publishing, with Pen Pal being the other big example.The year is 2008, and Dr. Parker H——- (all the characters have their last names blanked out this way to protect anonymity) has just started work at the Connecticut State Asylum. On the day of his first interview, he witnessed an orderly being wheeled out of a room, tied down to a gurney, screaming about one particular patient. Parker soon discovers that this patient, known only among staff as "Joe" and rarely discussed due to his fearful reputation, has been kept in the hospital for 30 years with no diagnosis. Everyone who's tried has, apparently, gone insane and/or killed themselves before they could figure "Joe" out. Parker, being convinced that his Ivy League pedigree and mental toughness from witnessing his own mother's violent mental illness at a young age will shield him from a similar fate, decides that he should try his own hand at figuring out the mysterious "Patient." What could go wrong?Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })As it turns out, quite a lot. | |
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Ax-Crazy | |
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Ax-Crazy: The general consensus on what Joe is. It's so much worse. | |
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All in the Eyes | |
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All in the Eyes: Parker describes Joe's expression in his hospital photo as a "feral, wide-eyed stare." | |
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Ambiguous Gender | |
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Ambiguous Gender: Depending on what you think happened to Parker's wife, Joe's species may have this. | |
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Affably Evil | |
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Affably Evil: Joe wants Parker to think Dr. G——- is this. In reality, Joe is much closer though still not so much "affable." | |
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Admiring the Abomination | |
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Admiring the Abomination: Parker, sort of. He certainly has a healthy respect for Joe's species by the time the novel's over. | |
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And I Must Scream | |
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And I Must Scream: The real Joe's fate. Suffocating to death in your own wall while the monster that's tormented you for over a year takes your form and persuades everyone it is you. | |
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Adults Are Useless | |
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Adults Are Useless: Joe's parents, and also Dr. A———. | |
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