Is the draining of sanity still a thing in the backrooms? http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959/is-the-draining-of-sanity-still-a-thing-in-the-backrooms Posts in the discussion thread "Is the draining of sanity still a thing in the backrooms?" Mon, 10 Aug 2026 10:20:20 +0000 http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959#post-6209834 Re: Is the draining of sanity still a thing in the backrooms? http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959/is-the-draining-of-sanity-still-a-thing-in-the-backrooms#post-6209834 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 11:59:18 +0000 Wrongapple 8323171 It used to be this way, but i think that we have been trying to move away from the idea of sanity being similar to hunger (as in a vital thing you need to keep up with). While there still is sanity mentioned in articles, it is either an old page that relies on this "sanity meter " idea, or y'know people going insane normally like on earth.

The reason i say this is that i recieved critique from a GLer to remove the whole sanity part of my article.

]]> http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959#post-6209395 Re: Is the draining of sanity still a thing in the backrooms? http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959/is-the-draining-of-sanity-still-a-thing-in-the-backrooms#post-6209395 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:52:33 +0000 akarine147 7985263 it's always been a thing. it might be one of the many things new authors just forget about as time goes on, or it might just be the newer articles.

i think it's still a running theme, though not explicitly expressed. some entities&levels do severe damage to the wanderer's mind. i mean most do. mental stability is harmed and such, some even fracture people's minds. there's lots of madness-inducing levels.

also putting it as sanity kind of sounds like a game xd…

]]> http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959#post-6206175 Is the draining of sanity still a thing in the backrooms? http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/forum/t-16356959/is-the-draining-of-sanity-still-a-thing-in-the-backrooms#post-6206175 Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:28:48 +0000 Univ - Wise Explorer 8007417 Maybe it never was a thing and was just something backrooms game developers created to make their games more exciting, but I remember there being sanity drop/draining in many backrooms levels. I remember this being one of the reasons why Almond water was so useful because it would stop this and help regain the wanderer's sanity. It feels like this has either gone out of fashion or something that wasn't very popular in the first place I don't know. What are your guys' thoughts and experiences about this?

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