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Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:29:22 2015 No.6226823 [Reply] [Original]

What is the best book to read to help bring me out of my depression?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:29:54 2015 No.6226826 jude the obscure

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:32:04 2015 No.6226832 Look up The Last Messiah by Zapffe, its a very short essay and can be found online

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:32:13 2015 No.6226834 >>6226823 "The flesh is sorrowful, alas! And I’ve read all the books."

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:34:57 2015 No.6226844 >>6226823 if you're going to read while you get out of a depression do it while walking constantly eat fruits and veggies indulge in the senses quiet your voices leave your body behind OK?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:36:16 2015 No.6226856 Seize the Day by Saul Bellow

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:37:25 2015 No.6226862 >>6226823 Handbook of hydrogen gas regulators with prices for telephone ordering.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:37:35 2015 No.6226865 >>6226823 The Tao of Pooh Feel better anon <3

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:38:06 2015 No.6226869 >>6226823 Stoner

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:43:00 2015 No.6226885 >>6226823 we love you anon know that you aren't the only one being thrown into isolation by the world we're all in here

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:44:08 2015 No.6226888 >>6226823 A prescription for citalopram. Seriously, you probably can't think or read your way out of it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:45:03 2015 No.6226894 >>6226844 >>6226865 >>6226885 Thanks guys. I'll either overcome this depression, or I'll end it all soon. either way, it's going to get better

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:45:19 2015 No.6226896 >>6226888 >>6226834 >>6226823 It is indeed impossible to read your way out of it. Pop the pills and exercise.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:45:48 2015 No.6226898 >>6226823 DeLillo's Underworld. It has to be one of the most beautifully optimistic/positive books I've read and it's not sentimental in the least. It's also just incredible. Do it OP

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:46:45 2015 No.6226903 pessoa - book of disquiet (you may find this depressing) andre gide - fruits of the earth

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:47:06 2015 No.6226904 >>6226894 don't say you'll "end it all" that's an invasive thought that doesn't belong to you. if all else fails, live in spite of everything bringing you down, live just to go against the world

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:48:20 2015 No.6226908 Rilke's Duino Elegies. Also, talk to a therapist, and strongly consider anti-depressants.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:48:44 2015 No.6226909 >>6226844 This Exercise absolutely cured me, OP, but you have to keep it up. Luckily, it also instills motivation, so that's good. The feeling of dragging your own self up by the bootstraps is incomparable.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:50:30 2015 No.6226916 >>6226832 This + everything by Ligotti

Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:51:47 2015 No.6226924

Anon, I have had the worst weeks of my life and I have never wanted to die more than now. But I'm not going to die. My recommendation:
read the myth of Sisyphus. Read it a few times.
Read Existentialism is a humanism
Read Portrait of the Artist.
That's about where I am.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:52:03 2015 No.6226926 >>6226823 Why do you want to get 'out' of it? Depression is the only accurate way to feel in this world. Just kill yourself, honestly. It sounds malicious but it's actually everyone's best option.

Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:52:55 2015 No.6226927

There's a lot of inspirational philosophy out there that can help you understand how to live life more. I had a good list of works but I can't find it right now. Listen to this speech by DFW to start off:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI

Besides philosophy, you can try a self-help book. There's Mind Over Mood, which is a book that goes through cognitive behavioural therapy. CBT helped me a lot to get through depression.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:55:14 2015 No.6226931 File: 42 KB, 386x269, gooby.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6226927 >Suicide Prevention >DFW

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:57:16 2015 No.6226935 File: 36 KB, 590x495, the bamf.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>6226926 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InNjt2GO5w4

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 01:59:59 2015 No.6226939 >>6226931 I really want to die right now but this post made me lol out loud.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:00:52 2015 No.6226943 >>6226931 His suicide doesn't void the speech he gave or its meaning.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:02:18 2015 No.6226947 >>6226909 yep OP, if a former pathetic piece of shit like me was able to overcome depravity you have a fighting chance

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:06:59 2015 No.6226960 >>6226823 It's not /lit/, but listen to an album by Kishi Bashi. Here's an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab495dKtU98 His stuff is great and uplifting as hell.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:07:37 2015 No.6226963 >>6226916 This. There will be an overwhelming calmness in your mind. Especially after you read The conspiracy against the human race.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:08:16 2015 No.6226967 >>6226935 the fuck is this terrible shit? why does this cluster-b whore think she has the right to pontificate like this on a subject she clearly has no understanding of

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:09:25 2015 No.6226972 >>6226963 are you trying to troll this poor fool or did you misunderstand zapffe and ligotti?

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:19:13 2015 No.6226992 >>6226823 Would the ego and its own be a helpful text?

Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:40:55 2015 No.6227027

>>6226960
"bright whites" is another great track by him

>>6226967
>pontificate
clearly you are 12 or have a tiny penis

maria bamford is the shit, and mental health is 90% of what she talks about. if you're struggling with depression, anxiety, compulsive thoughts, or suicidal ideations, nobody, especially in comedy, has ever been as candid about their own personal experiences, and it's incredibly refreshing to see. take an hour and treat yourself to one of her specials.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:41:09 2015 No.6227028 >>6226992 Always

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:43:00 2015 No.6227032 >>6227027 Honestly anything by him is great, especially for feeling really unbelievably happy. Other than In Fantasia and I Am the Antichrist to You, those are downers.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:46:39 2015 No.6227040 >>6227027 >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InNjt2GO5w4 She's alive innit? She's pushing a fucking genda.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:47:29 2015 No.6227042 >>6227027 You're a fucking moron, terminate your biological functions

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:48:43 2015 No.6227044 >>6227042 I remember I used to talk like this back in middle school to sound smart

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:49:30 2015 No.6227046 >>6227044 faggot

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:50:41 2015 No.6227048 >>6227027 >maria bamford is shit Fixed that for you. Not surprised you listen to dumbass comedians over philosophers you monosyllabic mouthbreather.

Anonymous Thu Mar 5 02:52:46 2015 No.6227058
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>>6226960
My nigga.

His new album is really wonderful as well, though I prefer his first one the most. Intro/Pathos was probably the only music track to bring me to sobbing, exultant happiness. I've never cried to a song before this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aid0iMLOiyQ

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 03:32:36 2015 No.6227106 >>6227046 HAHA you just lost the game of internet chicken better luck next time XD

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 04:02:45 2015 No.6227170 >>6227058 That and Atticus in the Desert. I love his eccentric violin stuff, which is why I'm slightly more given to enjoying 151a than Lighght, although Lighght was my 2014 AOTY.

Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:04:23 2015 No.6227698
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Drugs, psychedelics in particular.

That's the only relief that I've found.
You can read all you want but this will probably have an adverse affect, because you will see that suffering is an integral part of life.
It almost seems like depression is the only truthful state to be in, how could one not be depressed looking at life.

>inb4 exercise/see a psychiatrist

Exercise pretty much just releases 'natural' drugs, and a psychiatrist will also prescribe you with drugs.
(That is not to say you shouldn't exercise because you should keep your body healthy.)

Might as well do cool ones drugs.
Psychedelics like DMT and shrooms are also know to have positive 'spiritual effects', if you will, so there's that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:06:57 2015 No.6227708 >>6226823 the bible

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:08:00 2015 No.6227715 >>6227698 jesus, a joe rogan bot.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:12:51 2015 No.6227728 >>6227698 You're not Joe Rogan Joe Rogan would suggest doing calisthenics while on psychedelics. Psychethenics. Coin that shit, Joe

Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:18:24 2015 No.6227743
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It doesn't really give you hope, but it makes you content with the meaningless of life.

"Of all who went on this long road,
Where is the one who has returned to tell us the secret?
Take care to leave nothing for your needs on this two-ended way,
You will not be coming back."

"Neither you nor I know the mysteries of eternity,
Neither you nor I read this enigma;
You and I only talk this side of the veil;
When the veil falls, neither you nor I will be here. "

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:34:53 2015 No.6227787 >>6227728 >You're not Joe Rogan I just like that picture. Anyhow, Joe Rogan is all about dem kettlebells.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 08:35:53 2015 No.6227789 File: 147 KB, 1500x1500, viper.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >pic related It's the only way out.

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 09:18:37 2015 No.6227900 >>6226823 psychocybernetics

>>	OrangeJulio !tZsGgTBOzw Thu Mar 5 11:19:48 2015 No.6228258 1. read Poetry by Rumi 2. become a whirling dervish

>>	Anonymous Thu Mar 5 11:50:22 2015 No.6228313 >>6227708 ...hollowed out with whiskey or a gun inside.

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