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I just came back from a clinic for suicidal depression, it's my first day at home and I'm on meds for the first time in years. I still feel exactly the same. What books can you suggest to get over my shit? Have any of you successfully overcome something of this sort through literature? No, I don't think I'm special - I'm just genuinely looking for help. Thanks in advance.
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read something fun, like Borges
>>7640205
I don't know that just literature will help you out of this slump. I really like reading short stories when I'm depressed, Just simple stuff, maybe sherlock or something. I feel like you'd be better off with some exercise, and talking to people. the more you stay stuck in your head, the worse it often gets. I've saved my mother a few times from suicide, and it's a tough thing to get through. Find someone who thinks you're important. Read lighthearted and funny literature, like Don Quixote,...
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on the vanity of existence schopenhauer
>The overall industry numbers point to staff makeup that is 79% white, 78% cis woman, 88% straight, and 92% not differently abled.
>One bright spot in the survey results is the publishing industry’s gender composition, which leans heavily away from men/cis men and toward women/cis women
>The conclusion to the survey nods to similar problems in other media, and certainly the film industry’s reluctance to commit to producing or honoring black and non-white artists and staff comes...
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