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Can books cause you to develop mental illnesses?

>> No.13445276

Yes, Mein Kampf is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13445277

>>13445276
The New Testament*

>> No.13445278

Yes, The Communist Manifesto is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13445280

>>13445276
Funny, I was about to say the same about Das Kapital... ;-)

>> No.13445282

>>13445270
In certain fashions, I suppose.

Will they cause mental illness by themselves? No. Can they push someone, who is already on a cliff with generic predisposition, over the edge? Plausible, though awkward to imagine.

>> No.13445285

>>13445280
As if Marxism and Nazism direct opposites.

>> No.13445286

Yes, Infinite Jest is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13445287

Yes, The Bible is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13445300

Try N.

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>>13445276
>>13445278
>>13445286
>>13445287

>> No.13445329

>>13445307
Yes, the Pepe meme is a notable one that will turn you into a dumb frogposter if you take it seriously.

>> No.13445435

What if I wanted a mental illness? What would be good to read?

>> No.13445437

>>13445435
Mein Kampf

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13445460

prove me wrong

>> No.13445537

Mental illness
Really is just abnormal psychology
And on the path to enlightenment there will be information that can
Lie, decieve, lead astray and many of these ideas can be very tempting . Doubly so if someone isn't exactly in the best state of mind to encounter such information. The mind however is very resilient, which can be good, but also means that once a beliefs has fully blossomed as logos or daily practises, they are very very hard to unseat and dispell.
But it is still possible, time and focus seem to be the main factors in being able to remedy this.

But aside from that there is information that can cause someone to sink into deep depression
-learning of a loved ones passing
-coming to grips with some existential truths

It's can cause the tense and nervious energy to act
-business, carpe diem strike while iron is hot
-stage fright ,public speaking
-finding sex

Even to set you off into a paranoid psychosis
Sorta like Heisenberg principal

Some information can be so dire dreadful and grotesque that it even causes severe trauma, or PTSD.
-Like learning about past lives
-intersectional feminism

To note any literature that tends to deeply affect the psyche is called "subversive" unless it's a self help book in which case it's called "revolutionary".

>> No.13445546

>>13445285
No one is implying they are.

Looks like you are both right, Mein Kampf and Das Kapital can equally cause mental illness.

Glad that's settled.

>> No.13445556

Yes, the Phenomenology of Spirit is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13446301

>>13445270
Yes, Nietzsche actually became insane because he read too much Hölderlin, as attested in the Wagners' letters.

>> No.13446353

love how /pol/ has got /leftypol/ on the ropes and is gradually taking over /lit/. Nothing is beyond our reach.

>> No.13446360

>>13445276
Based

>> No.13446361

Yeah, don't read g/acc literature. You may develop gender dysphoria

>> No.13446423

>>13446353
>love how
please find another locution. frankly, “love how” indicates to me that you’re a degenerate

>> No.13446431

Commie manifesto and other french postmodern works

>> No.13447686

>>13445270
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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>>13445270
>learnt about is ought distinction and open question argument
>am now schizo

>> No.13448012

>>13445270
no

>> No.13448017

>>13448012
/ thread

>> No.13448024

>>13445280
But Capital isn't a propaganda piece. Go for the Manifesto if you want to find a decent lefty equivalent. If he had said something by Dugin or Evola it might've been funny to compare them to Capital, but you really fudged it up. Read more, anon.

>> No.13448044

If you read too much and sleep too little your brain can get so dry you can lose your wits. It's been known to happen.

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>> No.13448569

Yes, 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

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>>13448024
>capital isnt a propaganda piece

>> No.13448589

Judith Butler

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13449856

>why yes, I am mentally ill. how could you tell?

>> No.13450045

>>13448577
I don't like it either but if you think a work that dense and long is meant as propaganda you're actually brain-damaged.

>> No.13450122

>>13445556
Dumb.
>>13448569
Peterson is harmless but most people he attracts are defective in the first place. Self help readers aren't losers because they read self help, they read self help because they're losers.
>>13448577
>anime
>cartoons
>retarded
every time
>>13448589
Best answer in the thread.

>> No.13450128

>>13448577 (wasted)

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13450145

>Believing in mental illness
Fucking retards

>> No.13450155

>>13450145
Wtf is this shit? I'm mental dude!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z07G2DVRVos

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>>13445270

>> No.13450176

>>13450145
>Szasz
Yes I only listen to those who confirm my political bias which is why I'm unvaccinated

>> No.13450189

Yes, The God Delusion is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13450212

>>13445270
Yes, The Poky Little Puppy is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13450282

>>13445270
Yes, Best Friends Share Two BBCs (2016) starring Leah Gotti and Lana Rhoades is a notable one that will turn you into a drooling retard if you take it seriously.

>> No.13452238

>>13448577
the absolute state of rightists

>> No.13452312

>>13445270
Yeah I became autistic by reading Joyce.

>> No.13452352

I became schizophrenic after reading C&P.

>> No.13452798

>>13450122
>Peterson is harmless
This is false because he intermingles his politics with his self help. If his self help advice ends up improving someone's life, this person is more likely to take everything Peterson says at face falue. In essence, they are brainwashed.
"I have stood up straight, cleaned my room, my life is good now. Perhaps Peterson's wild claims about ((post-modern neo-marxists))) are not crazy at all."

>> No.13452809

>>13452798
But the people who read his book are unimportant. They will never make any difference to this world. At worst they'll sit home and play videogames all day and at best they'll get to a cushy job so they can buy a nice car. Natural losers will always be acted on, never the actor.

>> No.13453781

They actually help people with mental illness. Reading literature helps with perspective and helps people empathize with others. They recomend people with depression read because it helps male them feel so not alone.

>> No.13453796

>>13448044
This desu

>> No.13453817

Shiros mental illness

>> No.13453832

PILLS ARE GOOD! PILLS ARE GOOOOOOOD!

>> No.13454341

>>13445278
>>13445460
This is true but inversely so for reading through all three volumes of Capital.

>> No.13454841

>>13448577
>he couldn't make it through the first three chapters of volume one

>> No.13454847

>>13446353
except sex

>> No.13454870

>>13446353
Like a dog that drools until no one will touch its toy.

>> No.13454877

I read a paper about boltzmann brains off Reddit on Reddit the other day. It had a trigger warning but I still unironically feel triggered by it. It mentioned the Nabokov story Ultima Thule so I read that too and now someone is following me.

>> No.13454882

Yes, hermeneutics are an example. People who think they can interpret the work disregarding the author have developed schizophrenia

>> No.13454979

>>13445270
What book will help me develop schizophrenia?

>> No.13455022

What book will help you develop schizophrenia?

>> No.13455032

What book will help us develop schizophrenia?

>> No.13455087

>>13454979
>>13455022
>>13455032

Pro Tip: Just take drugs and talk to a lot of people. Take so much drugs and drink so much alcohol until you start feeling very depressed and hearing voices, can't go outside anymore because you think someone would beat you up because you look like shit an acting like a weirdo. Quit your job, cry all day "mimimi why is this happening to me" and then start with the greeks and so on, etc. etc. Have fun.

>> No.13455804

>>13455087
This drug and party experience of failure gives you a whole other meaning btw. The effect is very intenese. This is how great books really get their value, take Meditations from Marc Aurel for example. I know it's boring for some people or it's just another book but forget these people.
If you were really lost, your soul dark and your heart cold (your apartment and your internet too btw), then you know that it's not just words written down. Then you can really appreciate certain works. You know, I am bored with most of the conversations on this thread because I have dealt with certain topics enough that I know why I am. I don't need nihilism or other bullshit. I don't need to discuss the same things every time over and over again that will not contribute anything in my life. I can understand why most of us are still on this board and have a weird way about them. Because they just do not want to believe it, that they fail and that little happens in their lives. Little happens in my life too at the moment but I know who I blame for that. It is solely up to me.


To be honest, I do not know who all the people on this board are here. But I can imagine that most of them still live in mamas basement.
But there are certainly people here who know exactly what I mean, I think. I'm 26 btw and I'm still unemployed.

>> No.13455825

Lately I've felt more in my own head and philosophical? Everything seems so deep to me and overwhelming. Any books to on this? I feel like I keep thinking and seeing so many different life possibilities that it's overwhelming ,me.

>> No.13455898

>>13455804
And to be honest I just can't deal with my mental illness anymore. I've been trying to get help from a psychologist the whole week but I still couldn't reach anyone by phone. Now I have to wait untily monday and try it again. I'm looking forward to the medication prescription , otherwise I can't do anything anymore, everything in my life slowly goes to shit if i let it slide that way any farther. I just wasting the most of my fucking time for nothing.

>> No.13455914

In grad school I read way too much Aleister Crowley and I got bipolar disorder and had to drop out.

>> No.13455927

>>13455914
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx7Qxjg5fSk

Still one of my favorite songs of all time.

>> No.13455999

Don't think that you can handle the world if you know too much and have neglected other important things.
Reading books is like russian roulette.

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>>13445270
Yes. Pic related

>> No.13456011

>>13455999
explain anon, how do you get out of that mode then

im >>13455825

>> No.13456024

>>13445280
imagine thinking that a respectable 3 volume analysis of capitalist political economy is in any way comparable to an extended blog post about how jews are the reason everything is bad and Feels > Reals

>> No.13456068

>>13456011
You have to deal with the knowledge on an emotional level, that's the hardest thing. nobody should underestimate that. Imaging being very educated in your age and you can no longer handle the irresponsible behavior of others when you're still in school for example.
This can make you very depressed and can change your life forever, and you just wanted to be smarter than the others, you wanted to change yourself or just could not stand it anymore. But this will open a door to a whole new world that only exists in your head. Perception of reality is not a joke. And happiness is just a chemical reaction, when you fuck up you don't get the reward that makes you happy. When you can't take a simple joke anymore because you're smart, you will have a very hard time. Man there are so many things I could go on but I think that's enough for now.

When you have learned one thing, you must not forget that there is something else that you can not quite understand because you lack the experience. But some books make you trust them because they sound so logical and enticing. This is the dangerous especially when you are young.

>> No.13456113

>>13455804
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=524zesHDrUg

>> No.13456120

>>13456068
Anon it's like you hit the nail right on the head. I guess my biggest problem is coming to terms with my new values.

I'm torn between being a degenerate or having values. It's causing me to worry over little aspects too much. Thanks for the post friend

>> No.13456260

>>13445276
>>13445278
>>13445280
>>13445437
Imagine thinking that reading a book means you agree with everything it contains.

>> No.13456523

>>13445556
>
Maybe you're a drooling retard because you're unable to take it seriously without breaking your own mind.

>> No.13457655

>>13452809
Who isnt a loser in your mind anon?

>> No.13457681

>>13445270
damn it, i used to love this board, well, back to /fit/

>> No.13457687

>>13454847
Based

>> No.13459304

Yes. Take any book and treat is as gospel because book = smart. You now have mental illness.