/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.21247495]

Im hit rock bottom
What are some life changing books or philosophical works that might help me out/ inspire some change
I managed to cut out alcohol completely, send out some application letters and managed to improve my diet but I still feel somewhat lost

[Anonymous No.21247511]

>>21247495
>>>/adv/

[Anonymous No.21247517]

I'm really sorry you are where you're at. As someone who's wrestled with mental illness and substance dependence throughout my professional life, I know how debilitating and self-annihilating these patches can be, especially when life doesn't slow down for you to catch up. I'd suggest you first take all the recs in this thread with a grain of salt. Many of the recs will prob be great and presented from a place of empathy and concern, but many won't be, and some of them may be too dense to handle or may even make you feel worse, under the circumstances. If you think you could read Ulysses, though, that'd be my first rec :)

[Anonymous No.21247527]

>>21247495

[Anonymous No.21247528]

Lost in regard to what exactly? Health? It sounds like you're working on it. Employment? It sounds like you're working on it.

[Anonymous No.21247550]

>>21247511
More like >>>/fit/
If you want self improvement you may or may not have come to the wrong board. You will benefit more from whatever the fuck they tell you over there than the gay existential shit they will tell you to read here.

[Anonymous No.21247551]

>>21247495
After changes like these are made, and you stick to them, building routine over time, it usually takes 2-4 months jefore your mood and mode pf thinking changes naturally. You have taken the toughest step to take already, making that initial effort, and hoping. Good job.

With that said, I eould recommend the down-dressers of life perspectives, like that found in Walden by Henry David Thoreau, or Dickinson, or possibly Muir.

I would highly recommend getting into some sort of outdoors hobby and engage in that community as well in order to affect some level of social change, which also might help.

In essence, keep doing what you're doing: taking responsibility for your own well-being.

[Anonymous No.21247578]

>>21247495
Listen here little bro. You're gonna get a lot of hateful and degrading comments, but that ain't what I'm about. Let me just say, you are perfect the way you are. You hear me fella? PERFECT. Don't ever change. You deserve everything and anything you want. Stay safe for me, little bro.
>mfw thinking of you hurting

[Anonymous No.21247584]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH9JlvbDS7E

[Anonymous No.21247632]

>>21247528
>>21247550
>>21247551
>Employment? It sounds like you're working on it
I graduated months ago with a meme degree and now Im somewhat afraid into getting the wrong profession and being stuck with it for life. Therefore I procrastinated a lot and fell for the typical neet trap which led my down to a spiral of terrible self destructive habits. Now I realised that its actually better to have some type of part time occupation since I just waste my time and dont manage to do any of the things which I wanted to do in the first place after graduating (reading some of the books I bought/brushing up my coding skills)

The problem now is that even writing a decent application letter and updating my cv seems like such a herculean task that I keep putting it off and just procrastinate day for day. I desperately need some change and therefore need to constantly forcefully block my access to any distractive factors (bought the premium version of cold turkey/) Im just afraid that due to constant relapses in the past im stuck in some kind of loop and that it's just a matter of time util my old habits come back

[Anonymous No.21247639]

>>21247495
The New Testament

[Anonymous No.21247770]

>>21247495
I am not in the right state to offer any specific advice right now, so I will just say this. You will win. Go attend to your tasks without delay or fears anon. You will win. That is all.

[Anonymous No.21247810]

>>21247495
>inspire some change
"Spirit is life which itself cutteth into life: by its own torture doth it increase its own knowledge,—did ye know that before?
And the spirit’s happiness is this: to be anointed and consecrated with tears as a sacrificial victim,—did ye know that before?
And the blindness of the blind one, and his seeking and groping, shall yet testify to the power of the sun into which he hath gazed,—did ye know that before?
And with mountains shall the discerning one learn to build! It is a small thing for the spirit to remove mountains,—did ye know that before?
Ye know only the sparks of the spirit: but ye do not see the anvil which it is, and the cruelty of its hammer!
Verily, ye know not the spirit’s pride! But still less could ye endure the spirit’s humility, should it ever want to speak!
And never yet could ye cast your spirit into a pit of snow: ye are not hot enough for that! Thus are ye unaware, also, of the delight of its coldness."

[Anonymous No.21248352]

>>21247495
The Philokalia. It's a collection of works by 14th century Christian monks who spent decades alone to think about life advice. With that much time these guys collectively figured out the human condition. The whole book is pretty long so read anything with a heading that seems relevant to you.

[Anonymous No.21248383]

>>21247639
I'll tell you what man
not religious at all but shit like this is exactly why christianity spread. I love this shit.

[Anonymous No.21248387]

>>21247632
If there are wrong professions, do you know what those are?

[Anonymous No.21248596]

>>21248383
Thanks

[Anonymous No.21248603]

>>21247639
>>21248383
>>21248596
Fuck off to Plebbit.

[Anonymous No.21248902]

>>21248596
o7 Epic.. Thank You Jesus Christ <3

[Anonymous No.21249857]

>>21247495
My dog was senselessly crushed in front of me a few days short of a past Christmas. I still have his coated, braided steel outdoor cable.

Every night, I go out to my garage and affix one end to a trusty wooden crossbeam. The other forms easily a constricting loop. I put the loop around my neck and think "okay, here it is, one must only weaken at the legs," at which point the triviality of all complaints is loudly rendered. Then I go back inside and watch some cartoons.

[Anonymous No.21249912]

>>21247495
>>>/adv/