Ghost Syndrome

Only eight men and women in England are affected by an unnamed disorder only referred to as "ghost syndrome", making them believe they are ghosts that have somehow been trapped on earth after their deaths.

Unable to function with their daily lives, they're locked up in Button House, a high-security psychiatric hospital where some of them have been staying for more than ten years. Until a cure for their psychosis is found, this is where they must stay. This hasn't stopped a total of twenty-five escape attempts, however, nineteen of which come from the same person.

When a new patient arrives, the hospital is suddenly sent into lockdown, and after they discover a secret about the person running the facility, they have to flee once and for all. However, their escape doesn't go to plan, and now they have to go back for those that have been trapped inside.

It's up to the patients to choose between delusions and reality, and it's up to the man who calls himself Captain to figure out what the cure for ghost syndrome really is.

TW: trauma, mental illness, brief mention of SA, guns, stabbing, attempted murder, murder, suicide, basically a shitload of violence and then some

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Started writing it, had a breakdown... bon appetit.