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Find a book that has a better representation of depression in it?
Spoilers: you can't

>> No.8628585
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8628585

id like to solve

>> No.8628600

>>8628577
Anything by Dostoevsky.

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>>8628600
kek

>> No.8628608

>>8628602
Quality post m8.

>> No.8628617

>>8628577

The Book of Disquiet.

>> No.8628618
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>>8628577
This was pretty cool

>> No.8628630

>>8628618
:(

>> No.8628634

>>8628577
Bananafish.

>> No.8628641

>>8628630
It's pretty accurate for anxiety based shit at least.

>> No.8628645

>>8628577
Hunger.

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>>8628608
šmek

>> No.8628917

>three friends read that book
>one killed himself
>one went schitzo
>one attempted to kill himself
That book is like the fucking ring to me. I'm never touching it.

>> No.8629329

>>8628600
depression != being sad

>> No.8629341

>>8628917
lol your friends are/were such try hards

>> No.8629343

>>8628602
>>8629329
If you didn't sympathize with Raskolnikov's inner monologue you have either never been depressed or suffered from depression

>> No.8629352

among my favorite message board personalities in recent years is "the guy who has REAL depression and is here to tell you what REAL depression is"

>> No.8629373

>>8628618
this sounds more like a panic attack

>> No.8629402

>>8629343
i cant relate to that romantic kind of depression
dont get me wrong, I think Dosto is GOAT but I relate more to DFW
This doesnt mean I think IJ is better than C&P or whatever

>> No.8629403

>>8628577
the bell jar and bruce springsteens autobiography

>> No.8630599

>>8628917
I'm only a bit in and, although some of it is pretty morbid, it's still pretty humorous. It really tackles addiction well as well.

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>> No.8630668

>>8628645
Hunger is more like driving yourself mad

>> No.8630870

Consider the Lobster
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Which one is better?

>> No.8630884

>>8630870

the latter I say

>> No.8630891

Nausea
The Metamorphosis
Under the Volcano
Ham on Rye

>> No.8630945

>>8630605
Top5 book for me, I read it in one day, and I've read it 3 times since

>> No.8630954

Dangling Man is a pretty good book about drifting around, not caring and losing interest in anything/

>> No.8630977

>>8628577
dfw and IJ is less about depression and more about the pain you get when you're a talentless hack who has no substance so style becomes your substance.

>> No.8631038

if i read this book where can i hide it to make sure nobody sees it in my room and makes fun of me?
fosty would understand

>> No.8631048

>>8631038
Kindle