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Any good books on how to get out of extreme despair?
I have pretty much not felt any deep joy for at least a decade. I dont feel any joy in social interactions anymore, and i cannot engage in anything romantic either, because i feel it will just eventually fall apart, and a partner is just an extra worry. I once wanted children, but now i just feel like any child is just an extra bundle of extra worries and anxieties, as well as bringing an extra person into a life of worry and suffering. It just feels that anything or anyone i would invest time and effort in will eventually just fall apart anyway, and this falling apart will just cause sorrow.
I feel like even if God were to come down and say he's real and grant me unlimited wishes to do whatever i wanted to, i'd still be unhappy, it would still all just be pointless.

I'd accept any books that could help. Already tried several religious books (really, just the Quran and Bible, and i found neither to be really impressive or helpful).

>> No.19227945

The Nag Hammadi library. The Gnostics are the only thing that speak to me anymore. The fear and pain in that elephant's eyes do it.

>> No.19227998

Tony Robbins, Cannery Row, Epicurus, Candide, Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu.

Honest to God I don't think reading is what gives people happiness. It is mimetic of living and therefore cannot compare to real world experiences.

Maybe better than a book is if I performed a line of questioning on you. If the execution of Tyke gives you sorrow I believe there is great hope and love I can give to you today.

>> No.19228038

I'm in the same place, anon. Also open to recommendations.

I hope you feel better.

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>>19227914
>>19228038

>> No.19228123

Anon I'm guessing you're a man. Look into books that tackle these problems from a masculine perspective (King, Warrior, Magician, Lover; Fight Club; Undying Glory).

As bookish men we are mostly disconnected from our primal way of being. Books that help get in touch with that can go a long way in solving psychological and existential issues.

Hope this helps.

>> No.19228154

get Maté-pilled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybld6IG1KtA

>> No.19228160

>>19228092
Learning skills is useful and fun, but I'm not sure if implying they could commit suicide makes any of our hearts feel better.

>> No.19228173

the bible

>> No.19228190

>>19228154
It's so simple. I think Mate himself is amazed that it is this simple, but it's true.

I love this video too. The truth is inside of us, and it cannot be denied. We cannot be denied.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_ZZHV_g1Cs

>> No.19228303

So basically you are coming closer and closer to enlightenment, and you're asking for help to "cure" your condition? Get a grip, dude.

>> No.19228313

>>19228303
How does existential despair push you closer to enlightenment?

>> No.19228316
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>>19228313
kek despair is the ONLY enlightenment

>> No.19228318

>>19227914
>Books on how to get out of despair
have sex by chad

>> No.19228325

>>19228318
Sex actually doesnt help. I had sex twice but i just felt like i was an animal, slapping two slabs of meat into one another. Youre just busy for a short while and then it's over, and i feel like a drug addict chasing a high after its done. Then the post-nut clarity just makes the despair far, far worse.

>> No.19228455

>>19227914
>pic

This is why I don't take people seriously when they laugh at me for having an elephant gun. Those fuckers will attack you given the chance.

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>>19228455
She only attacked because she was abused for years and finally snapped at her coke-addicted abuser.
Tyke really is a profound case. She has to do things she doesnt understand or else she gets beaten, and when she finally just lashes out against her absurd existence, she gets shot to death.

>> No.19228484

>>19228469
Yes, and? Elephants you encounter in the developed world are captive, probably abused, and ready to snap. Elephants in nature are aggressive and protective of their herd. They're dangerous.

>> No.19228488

>>19228484
Oh no how dare they defend themselves? kill yourself. human beings are fucking trash

>> No.19228498

>>19228488
I wouldn't intentionally provoke one, but if it's me or the elephant I'm not going to give up that easily.

>> No.19228510

>>19228498
Lmao you'd get pancaked faggot. I hate the year 2016 for bringing all these edgy Conan larping subhumans to 4chan

>> No.19228522

>>19228510
What're you on about? I say I don't want to get killed by an elephant and you think I'm a Trump tourist? I've been on 4chan since Rubyquest on /tg/ around 2008 I think. 2009?

>> No.19228526

>>19227914
I thought that was an abstract bear at first

>> No.19228530

>>19228526
what the fuck is an "abstract" bear

>> No.19228546

>>19228530
Distinct from a realist or impressionist bear.

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