Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25326117-20160701011727/@comment-25569708-20160702042650

Well I don't think you need to completely "turn it into a horror", I just think that if you had the story end somewhere more disturbing or shocking, the story would be a better fit for this site. Right now your story is a realistic representation of the mindset of someone with autism who is suffering great mental turmoil, but there's really no proper ending. The protag remarks about possibly taking more medication, asks the reader a question, and it ends. Not really an ending for a story you would see on a creepypasta site.

As for my ideas about making the story more horror-orientated, that's actually admittedly kind of tricky. Since the story is realistic throughout, all the way to the end, I doubt that you would want some paranormal or otherworldly aspect to it. Since this story is realistic, and the protag seems to be spiraling into ever-increasing mental turmoil, you could try to hint at a never-ending cycle of self-deprecation. It's kinda hard to make a realistic yet satisfying ending to a story like this, so you could try going for the protag being stuck in this cycle and then have them air some more of their personal thoughts on their situation and wrap it up like that. But whatever you do, I think it's important to have some sort of solid ending here. Not one that necessarily completely ends the main character's experience or troubles, but one that lets the reader know what can be expected for the main character in the future (with some sort of disturbing or unnerving implication).

Sorry, I wish I could be of more help here, but these things are a little tricky for me. I hope what I said made some sense to you. Good luck.