[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 2.02 MB, 3264x1836, 20150610_154814.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10035959 No.10035959 [Reply] [Original]

Why live, guys?

>> No.10035971

>>10035959
pls an hero

one fewer shitposter

>> No.10036016

>>10035959
Eckhart Tolle books

>> No.10036027

I'm personally always looking for books that makes me feel like shit and depressed.. im drawn to those books.. like everything thats sad. Guess that my way of coping with saddnes.

>> No.10036028

>>10036016
Kinda seems like a charlatan a little... no offense.

>> No.10036033

You just need to find something that makes life worthwhile. An afterlife, the passion of art, finding happiness etc.

>> No.10036064
File: 719 KB, 1836x2511, 20150919_095635~01.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10036064

>>10036033
I read and write and lift and am married and shit but I just have a really hard time dealing with existence. Like, by all accounts I should be content but I'm not.

>> No.10036072

>>10035959
Why don´t you want to become a hero?

>> No.10036088

Crime and punishment.

>> No.10036091
File: 70 KB, 547x568, 144c4854475a3b1b2ea2c66147f00e879bf04a9cf54d4ed03d0bbdf9dd013294.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10036091

You know what to do

>> No.10036162

>>10036016
Coward

>> No.10036176

>>10035959
myth of sisyphus

>> No.10036741

>an hero

What did he mean by this?

>> No.10036770

>>10036741
It's a 9gag meme

>> No.10036779

>>10036176
Existentialists bum me out more than not reading. "Dude just be happy lmao" how is that supposed to help?

>> No.10036788
File: 19 KB, 219x298, 220px-Nietzsche187a.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10036788

Why wouldn't you want to be a hero? Rise above the rest

>> No.10036909

If you have depression books will not help you

>> No.10036979

>>10036909
What will?

>> No.10036984

>>10036979
A bullet in the head

>> No.10036993

>>10036979
Lifestyle changes, therapy possibly medication.

After that thats when books comee into play

>> No.10037000

The Myth of Sisyphus
Being in Time
Fear and Trembling
Ride the TIger

All those combined

>> No.10037247

>>10036909
Says you

>> No.10037926
File: 2.12 MB, 2726x2732, nietzsche life change.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10037926

>> No.10037935

do you have any substance dependencies or any imbalances?

>> No.10037987

>>10036979
Seconding the other anon, if you're seriously considering suicide books aren't going to give the substantial changes in your life that you need to overcome them. Try to find a therapist, take at least four sessions with them before giving up. Do you have a set schedule for your week? Are there people in your life that you're reaching out to?

>> No.10038099

>>10037926
>Now i am happy because i have social interactions, put my penis inside a vagina every once in a while and started feeling usefull to society by doing irrelevant shit
Amazing woaw great job mind = blow

>> No.10038120

>>10036064
sorry buddy what you've got is permanent

>> No.10038129

He never really addresses the issue of suicide directly but Hume can do wonders for clearing up the old noggin. Read enquiry to Human understanding and the enquiry into human nature. They're not very long and he doesn't require or introduce any technical language, although his style might be difficult to grasp at first for some.

Camus is also a good shout. For suicidal feelings it's always the stuff that helps you feel the least like an irrational freak that works best and helps you start mapping your issues.

>> No.10039060

>>10037935
No I'm pretty stable in that regard. >>10037987
I've tried going to a therapist went to probably 8ish sessions but I don't think she really understood what I was trying to tell her. I tried explaining some of the reasons I was despairing (existential shit) but she didn't offer any solutions. I have people I can talk to about this stuff and it doesn't help. I don't need to blow money so somebody with a degree can not help either.

>> No.10039102

>>10039060

Does this 'dread' manifest itself physiologically in any way?

How seriously are you actually considering suicide? Are you playing some kind of game with yourself and your self concept? Ask yourself if you're playing some kind of maneuver to get around facing something. Think about what really drives these thoughts, as a thinking feeling human. Specifically ask yourself where the fears really begin. Be honest now. I'm not judging.

>> No.10039127

>>10039102
Physiologically, I don't think so. I don't know that I would ever really do it because it would destroy my wife and I still hold some hope of being okay in the future. When it's worst is thinking about decades of self-loathing and meaninglessness in front of me, being unable to change I guess. I don't know if I can slog through life for that long.

>> No.10039194

>>10036072
Hello, newfriend.

>> No.10039210

>>10039127
I'm not gonna ask you to expound on it any further on this site but you might wanna take yourself away and get to the bottom of that self loathing. You'll need to really persist and be brutally honest.

You might wanna or probably already have considered that you lack meaning because you loathe yourself. A feeling of being unable to change would certainly slaughter any chance of meaning.

Go back to therapy and focus less perhaps on your existential gripes and more on making yourself capable of loving and changing yourself.

>> No.10039211

>>10035959
Mitchell Heisman- Suicide Note

>> No.10039234

>>10035959
The Importance of Living by Lin Yutang helped me. It's filled with old Chinese wisdom to help you relax, slow down, and enjoy life's simple pleasures.

>> No.10039277

>>10036979
I was depressed and I turned to philosophy (and drugs)

didn't help at all, pretty sure the philosophy just made it worse

for me, depression just took my life for like 7 years and then slowly lifted. not sure why

so basically hang on for the ride I guess, I can offer you no reason why you should.

>> No.10039689

>>10035959
I'm reading Emerson's essays at the moment. Not really a feels dont kys novel or shit like that, but they really change my perspective and bring things to focus for me. Highly recommand.

>> No.10039779

>>10035959
Walden, and Epictetus' Discourses.

Seneca's writings are more popular, but he's a total sellout cunt who never really got it.

>> No.10039832
File: 13 KB, 220x285, 220px-William_James_b1842c.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10039832

>>10035959
>why live
Read this by William James: https://archive.org/details/islifeworthlivin00jameuoft.. It helped me through a difficult time, though I don't have an answer to your question.

>> No.10039843
File: 157 KB, 992x880, stirner.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10039843

>control f "ego"
>zero results

>> No.10039987
File: 10 KB, 235x200, Blank+_e4c240dbc23db892a452f06f4ca2d139.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
10039987

>>10039210
>>10039211
>>10039234
>>10039277
>>10039689
>>10039779
>>10039832
Thanks, fellas. I was mostly expecting a bunch of "do it faggot"s but I may check some of this out. Maybe /lit/s not too bad after all.

>> No.10040170

>>10039987
You are welcome. /Lit/ is not mono/lit/hic obviously so you will have your pockets of good helpful information here and there after all.