/lit/ - Literature

Were fucked. I should have stuck with genre fiction books. At least then I wasn't incredibly depressed and devoid of all positive emotion.

Hust stop thinking about stuff/caring.

Look at pic related maahn.

Also finding God might help.

just b urself

>>8621752
The gondola version is much better

>>8621752
i think it should be lonely so high above the clouds

>>8621876
It is, but you are at peace with that fact.

>>8621911

from lermontov's "demon", translated by some robert burness (the original is better but it's still kind of pretty):

>In the broad ethereal ocean,
>Free of rudder, free of sail,
>Wandering planets in their motion
>Chant a myriad-voiced tale.
>Fleecy flocks of cloud are wending
>Their irrevocable flight,
>Through the fields that have no ending
>In the labyrinth of light.
>Now they meet and now they sever,
>Their's no joy and their's no pain.
>Yesterday is gone for ever,
>And to-morrow's cares are vain.
>When there comes a day of anguish,
>Only think of these and say,
>I will neither pine nor languish,
>Recking earth no more than they!

>>8621587
Why would I be depressed when I have so many great books to read?

>>8621752

This explains everything.

Hemi just didnt liked thunder hospital treating. And the lad wasnt youngster you know. Old chap teached me a good deal. Btw what is 3rd form for verb "teach"

I wrote a story about myself as a character and my thoughts as a character in the story.

It helps to see yourself in the 3rd person.
Yes, its autistic as fuck. Autistic or miserable, choose one.

>>8621752
>Also finding God might help.
Possibly. Or it might not help.

>>8621587
try not spending all your time completely alone and hunched up in some cave made out of books

>>8621587
People just pay more attention to the depressed writers. There have also been many writers (Whitman is an obvious example) who have had much more buoyant attitudes. Don't think it's the fate of every intelligent person to be depressed and then, because you think you must be intelligent, fulfill that prophecy yourself. I find reading and writing to be the most consolatory acts outside of sex. When I first developed a serious interest in literature and philosophy there was soon a sharp increase in my level of satisfaction with life. We're not necessarily fucked. But if you think you are, you will be.

Eh, I'm pretty sure we're fucked. Reading books that "help" will inspire me for a little bit but ultimately leave me unconvinced.

>>8622014

>>8622048
>Btw what is 3rd form for verb "teach"

Taught. He taught you a good deal.

>>8622080
That's normal. Because your brain is wired a certain way, generally the number one predictor of a person who will buy self help books in the future is someone who bought one already.

It's a short term fix because you get high on the idea you have control. Since you didn't really get to the bottom of your emotions and figure out the truths that lie deep within your mind and have decided to live them, you're always going to be second guessing yourself, falling back on old negative patterns/habits, and making excuses for not doing That Thing You Wanna Do.

>>8622085
No ...
It can't be ...
I have time now ...
I have time ...

>>8622113
This absolutely matches my experience. How does one make a deeper change then?

>>8622125
>get to the bottom of your emotions and figure out the truths that lie deep within your mind

>>8622125
Seek therapy my friend, and submit yourself to a changing world and a changing life. Do not get too attached to things but appreciate the whole.

>>8622125
that guy you quoted here, it just takes consistent effort in questioning why you do what you do
For me it was
"Well I want to write"
"but I can't make money with it, that's hard"
"but making money is entirely different as a skill than writing"
"okay, I'll journal a little"
"okay, I'll write the dumbest story I can"
"okay, I'll write a microfiction"
"okay, I want to write but I can still make money with this somehow, eventually, I guess, or not, that's not important! the writing is important!"

see how I just got back to the start? In the end, I really was just lying to myself. People do that all the time, they just don't put effort into changing and then are surprised when they are still miserable.

It took me ten years to get to the point where I was journaling.

>>8621752
Kek i always find my friends who read YA shit sharing this image on facebook.
It's accurate still tho

>>8622240
I think if you read enough YA you'll ascend.
Into Wizardhood, at the least.

Maybe Buddhist or Taoist literature is worth a shot?