What are some good pieces of literature about conquerin depression, affirming life, reclaiming the will to live from doubt and guilty self-pity?
>>7844191
Confessions by St Augustine
>>7844191
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.
On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
Anything by Karen Blixen (Isaac Dinesen).
>>7844191
Check out some Buddhist stuff.
The event power to be by paul tillich
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
KNEE
CHUH
Big Sur - Kerouac
The Holy Bible
The power of the subconscious mind
As a man thinketh
The 48 laws of power anyone?
Shakespeare.
>>7844765
Which works?
The power of now
Beyond good and evil
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko fits your criteria
SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY.
Infinite Jest, pages 694 to 698.
Bump
Come on guys we could all use sone uplifting literature
>>7844778
none lol
The Greek Tragedies
>implying you can cure depression by reading a self-help book and by having an ignorant and unrealistic "optimistic" view of everything
>implying life having no meaning means that you should kill yourself
>implying your guilt is rational
>implying you don't need pity when you're seriously ill
>Learn to notice irrational thoughts that the depression causes
>enjoy small victories
>accept failure
>accept that life is sometimes shit but that it will pass
Be patient and don't give up, you're not pathetic for suffering from depression; you're sick and you will get better unless you kill yourself. Also fuck what everybody else thinks, you won't be happy if you just compare yourself using other people's scales and looking for a fast way out is just asking to be let down from false hope created by desperation.
>>7846679
which are those?
I'd say entire IJ is about this.
>>7847197
Thank you for the post
>>7844191
most of them
>>7844410
Henry Miller (probably Sexus or Tropic of Cancer)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell
Try some romantic Era nature centric poetry like wordsworth, and go on hikes in the sunshine
>>7844191
The new testament of course.
Also Tolstoys short stories worked for me.
>>7847456
Any in particular?
>>7844224
>Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
Recc
Bump come on guys surely we don't want to all remain negative nancies
>>7848677
Pls respond
Where my happy niggas at
>>7849159
Spooky.
>>7844191
I've been in your situation years ago around the age 19. and read a good chunk of books. started with
meditations
eckhart tolle crap
Prometheus Rising
it planted idea's in my head but none if it really really helped. What actually helped was improving my quality of life
working out weekly
buying clothes that made me comfy regardless of it's not trendy
meditation for 10-15mins
Having a steady friendship with somebody(most important IMO)
but yeah Honestly I'd just tell you to try to be normal for awhile . Don't focus on your own negative self doubts that you tell yourself. because you're stupid and u know that. so why listen to yourself?
also fuck that stupid positive vibe shit it does nothing for you.
>>7850215
>meditations
Worth reading tho senpai
A no-bullshit, rational guide to happiness.
Fuck Eckhart Tolle with a hot poker.
