A very cool game! I loved the narrative throughout, and the passive presentation of it. Also, the music was really good; I don't know if this was design or coincidence, but it always seemed to seamlessly swell when the narrative took a more positive turn, which was really good for tone and mood.
The mechanic of trading life for actions is an interesting one that I'm still a bit on the fence on, but I think you have a nice implementation of it here. I liked the clear marking with colour of the things that will hurt you.
A note on controls: the switching between the keyboard for the gameplay and the mouse for menus was a bit annoying, but it's a jam game and keyboard menus are a bit harder.
Anyway, great game with a really nice atmosphere. Fantastic work!