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Like the DDLC post that's going around is honestly really insulting, I have delusions and hallucinations among a host of other issues and enjoy horror games, and played and enjoyed DDLC. Psychotic and otherwise mentally ill people aren't children and we can in fact enjoy horror.

If you want to actually help someone figure out if the game is safe for them you need to list off what actually happens. So here are trigger warnings for Doki Doki Literature Club

Suicide and mental illness shown/discussed in detail

Graphic violence and murder

The game reads your computer files in order to talk directly to the player using info from them

The idea that everything is a simulation/ you are trapped in a simulation

Gaslighting

Child abuse and neglect

Bullying

Emotional abuse

Betrayal by friends/someone close

Eyes and eye horror

Vomitting

Glitches and Unreality

Self harm is discussed and shown in detail

If any of these are a trigger for you I highly recommend being careful about if you chose to play and what kind of headspace you're in if you do.

I played it and I deal with simulation based delusions and while it was intense I knew not to play it if I wasn't in a good headspace and genuinely enjoyed it.