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book/philosophy that wil cure my ocd, depression and insecurities?

>> No.16410699

>>16410697
No Longer Human really lifted up my soul

>> No.16410700

>>16410697
you aren't going to read any of them tho

>> No.16410703

MY

>> No.16410710

>>16410697
Immanuel Kant - Critique of Pure Reason

>> No.16410709

The Meroure of Wysedome by John Ireland.

>> No.16410715

>>16410700
i am. i got recommended zen buddhism before and i read 4x books of thich nhat hanh so far. meditation is helping me in the morning and its good cope but comes evening my thoughts just race and i cant seem to calm down.

>> No.16410717

>>16410710
i actually tried reading this before, i am german too, and im too dumb for it unfortunately. i dont understand a single page even when reading it multiple times slowly.

>> No.16410719

>>16410715
What meditation do you do? There's lots of techniques

>> No.16410722
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16410722

You won't be insecure or depressed when you have explosive punching power.

>> No.16410726

>>16410719
simple anapanasati which thich recommended

>> No.16410729

>>16410722
Not true in the slightest

>> No.16410734

>>16410726
I see. You might want to try visualizations or mantras or focusing on your lower tummy.

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>>16410729
Exhibit A

>> No.16410737

>>16410734
any book you recommend?

>> No.16410764

>>16410703
DIARY

>> No.16410765

>>16410737
Prometheus Rising if you're into that secular stuff. But really the best list of methods is probably in the fringe meditation superthread. It's one thing to calm your mind, it's another to find an outlet
https://8kun DOT top/fringe/res/106266.html

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>>16410697
Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari
Can't Hurt Me By David Goggins
Self Compassion By Kristen Neff
Daring Greatly By Brene Brown
The School Of Life: An Emotional Education By Alain De Botton
Opening Up By Writing It Down By James Pennebaker and and Joshua M. Smyth
God And The Afterlife By Jeffrey Long and Paul Perry
Manifesting An Abundant Life Through Divine Alignment By Christopher Macklin

Please read the first book, and if you like that, to work your way through the rest any order.

>> No.16410922

>>16410765
>>16410792
thank you kind anons.

>> No.16411474

>>16410697
L' Assommoir, to make you realize your life isn't that bad.

>> No.16411498

>>16410710
how did he do it bros? It actually cured my depression and I don't know why. I only read the first 200 pages and all my suicidal thoughts vanished.

>> No.16411512

>>16410722
Based. Also, try Three Kingdoms and especially The Water Margin. Real masculine literature