User blog comment:GrandMethuselah67/World-1: The Neo-Methuselahverse/@comment-4867780-20190630085453

Since neohumans are plagued by chronic horrible nightmares, increasingly dominated by the Astral Shadow powering them and spiraling ever deeper into insanity as they grow stronger, gaining superpowers does seem even more of a curse than a blessing.

How do neohumans manage to remain functional in these conditions, let alone entertain/inspire the masses as glamorous super-celebrities while putting their life on the line at every turn ? Such a life would be particularly taxing on even the healthiest mind, and neohumans' are inherently anything but.

Aren't they bound to descend into madness and villainy after a few years ? How do they keep up with such an overly stressful lifestyle while their sanity is eaten away from within by alien forces ? Did the Department of Neonormal Affairs develop some kind of secret super-drug to keep them stable and functional despite everything ?