Here is my full comparative report on your book Roadside Picnic, its film adaptation Stalker, and the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, which took inspiration from both the book and the film.

During an age of massive social unrest, with the consistent division of society by our politicians at every point they possibly can, and with millions having been left isolated to rot in their homes months on end off and on over the course of the last year, it is perfectly normal and natural that people might not have the brightest of emotions. But just as we have all been subject to the tyranny of public health and infectious disease experts throughout the pandemic, I am also concerned that we will face a second tyranny at the hands of mental health “experts” and “professionals”. Digging into the history of the mental health industry, it is quite clear that this tyranny has already been present for quite some time. In part 4 of this series on the mental health industry, I will explore the positive psychology school of thought—and one of its interventions—gratitude; the pop-psychology-styled prescription “if you just do x, you will be happy”; and their possible ramifications. Recommended Reading/Library of Congress Links: Toxic Psychiatry: Why Therapy, Empathy and Love Must Replace the Drugs, Electroshock, and Biochemical Theories of the "New Psychiatry" by Peter Breggin https://lccn.loc.gov/94018494 Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection by John T. Cacioppo and William Patrick. https://lccn.loc.gov/2008015099 Gaslighthing, the Double Whammy, Interrogation and Other Methods of Covert Control in Psychotherapy and Analysis by Theodore L. Dorpat https://lccn.loc.gov/96014098 Saving Normal: An Insider's Revolt against Out-of-Control Psychiatric Diagnosis, DSM-5, Big Pharma, and the Medicalization of Ordinary Life by Allen Frances https://lccn.loc.gov/2013444159 Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression by David Healy https://lccn.loc.gov/2004002297 The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century by Jacqueline Olds and Richard Schwartz https://lccn.loc.gov/2008019339 Blaming the Brain: The Truth About Drugs and Mental Health by Elliot S. Valenstein https://lccn.loc.gov/98027346 Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform by Lisa Cosgrove and Robert Whitaker https://lccn.loc.gov/2014043052 The Loss of Sadness: How Psychiatry Transformed Normal Sorrow into Depressive Disorder by Allan V. Horwitz and Jerome C. Wakefield https://lccn.loc.gov/2006032581 Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America by Robert Whitaker https://lccn.loc.gov/2009049467