Amnesia dying shortly into game.

[Mandis]

After turning all the graphics settings either off or to their lowest settings, I can make it past the intro to the game. As soon as I try to check my journal however, the FPS of the game drops to somewhere around 10. To clarify.. this is not 10 frames-per-second. This is 10 seconds-per-frame. After a bit of random clicking, the game simply shuts down, no error messages, nothing.. I've tried everything in the troubleshooting guide, and I've got no idea what to try now.