I'm going insane, need help

[Reno Story]

Say, I'm new to this game, and have been playing for an hour already, didn't die yet and all... But for some reason, my brain power is dropping every day, and I don't know how to fix it. I tried building a science machine, but it didn't help, because I don't really know how to use it...

Is there anyway to bring my sanity back up, or am I doomed to go mad in the game, forced to see things that may or may not be real, that may hurt me, that distract me and drive me to do stupid things and whathaveyou?

[Kaho]

ok well picking flowers is good and helpful then you can make a garlen or make a straw bed and sleep but you will be hungery when you wake up. and the reson that your sanity is droping is becuse at night it just does but do those things and you sould be fine and certain foods can bring it up but very little

[Yummychums]

Sleeping, eating, food, some clothing, not being around certain monsters, not using magic, etc etc

[Frooty Gamer]

That Brain Power you call is your sanity meter, it will gradually drop over time due to a certain amount of reasons, being in the dark, being around monsters, digging graves, eating green mushrooms, eating raw or spoiled food, going through a wormhole and getting attacked by the night monster. It is a major mechanic of the game so it's best you get used to it as quick as you can. The best way to reduce loss of sanity is by making and wearing fancy clothes, however this is a more endgame way. You can however make a flower garland out of 12 flower petals, this can often be achieved by the end of the first day or second day. The Flower Garland will slowly regenerate your sanity during the day.
Other ways to regain sanity include Prototyping an item, eating sweets, sleeping in a Tent or Roll, eating COOKED Green and Blue Mushrooms and most famously picking flowers.

[Buster]

Friendly pigs(you gotta feed them meat first) will also raise your sanity. But you gotta hang around them.

[grumpyoldwizard]

Below is a link to the Don't Starve wiki that will tell what affects your sanity.

http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/Sanity


Getting silk for things like a top hat are easy if you make traps and set them up in several rows right at the edge of the webbing. Then provoke the spiders into leaving their nest by entering the web. When they come out of the web run back behind your traps. The spiders will be caught and killed by your traps. Rinse and repeat as necessary. It is best not to destoy the spider nest unless others are nearby, so that you can farm the nest for silk, glands, and monster meat.

[AlternateEnding]

make a top hat walking cane and dapper vest to max awesomeness play as wolfgang

[Nelx Zanzaberry]

picking flowers, prototyping stuff, sleeping with a straw roll, fur roll, tent, wearing a garland, wearing clothing (such as a top hat) killing hallucinations, eating food made with a crock pot (candy is best to eat to regain sanity, but lowers a small amount of health). also, when you play as the last character, your sanity constantly rises, being near befriended pigs, or playing as willow and beeing near a burning fire