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>reading before sleep
>extreme fear of inevitable death creeps up

>> No.9912582

kys before the fear does

take that terror

>> No.9912587

>>9912567

>realize you have to go pee again
>get annoyed but get up anyway

>> No.9912596
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9912596

>driving home
>realize every single day and hour that I don't read is lost forever and I won't get it back or get to try again
>I'm burning up my precious youth

>> No.9912756

>>9912567
I wish I could live in the beginning of this movie. It's one of the most perfect things ever filmed.

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>>9912596
>realize reading fiction is mostly worthless

>> No.9913649

>>9913642
Why do people think this?

>> No.9913686

>read before sleep
>mind is too stimulated to sleep

>> No.9913693

>reading before sleep
>grow increasingly anxious that when I stop reading and try to fall asleep I'll suffer the insomnia I've had for the past year or so
who knew insomnia could cause this much anxiety

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>>9913649

>> No.9913844

>>9912567
haha gay

>> No.9913883

>>9912567
>read before sleep
>get tired and sleep

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>read before sleep
>get really comfy and savor every page by looking away from the page at the ceiling, closing my eyes and sighing contently
>fall slowly into the most peaceful contented sleep
>wake up only having read a handful of pages
I think I might have discovered the key to happiness, however I will never be Bloom

>> No.9914076

>>9913693
insomnia is caused by anxiety
the more you worry about getting to sleep the more you fuck up your sleep, its a feedback loop

>> No.9914104

>>9913642
>tfw i realised this but some occasional reading of it gives me the escapism and human interaction that i require to face down the daily grind

>> No.9914108

Life is pointless, affecting other people and then? you die and you can't enjoy the praise.

>> No.9914222

>>9912756
What movie is it?

>> No.9914288

>>9914222
there will be blood

>> No.9914290

>>9912567
Why fear it, since it's inevitable anyway?

>> No.9914292

>>9913642

Artiist?

>> No.9914306

>>9912596
>precious youth
SPOOKED

>> No.9914390

>>9913693
Freud would like to have a word with you, young man.