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ITT: books that helped you out of a depression or rough patch in your life

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>> No.16817948

>>16817855
Is this a children's book?

>> No.16817988

>>16817948
yes

>> No.16818049

>>16817855
I haven't thought about that book is so many years. It was my favorite book in elementary school and I probably read through it at least 5 times

>> No.16818080

>>16817855
Books didn't help shit, but repeated sessions of taking psilocybin mushrooms did.

>> No.16818108

>>16817855
Bridge of Birds
Illuminatus Trilogy
The Outsider
The New Earth

>> No.16818110

>no mein kampf

i am disappoint

>> No.16818113

>>16817855
You didn't have depression otherwise you wouldn't have been able to read.

>> No.16818207

>>16817855
12 wayz to clean ur room bucko

>> No.16818294

>Depressed six year old

>> No.16818472

>>16818110
This

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The Wealth of Nations. No I am serious, I hated my university courses and dropped out because I hated compsci but was in it "for the money". Wealth of Nations made me very interested in economics and society at large and I went back and got my degree in Economics and actually enjoyed my time.

>> No.16818519

>>16818492
It's really a history book more than anything else, but very interesting portions focusing on certain members of classes within society, and frequently how they may reap advantages over others needlessly.

That's really economics purpose, in my opinion: is to minimize that behavior as much as possible.

>> No.16818532

>>16817855
I love this book, thanks for posting OP. Ignore the pseuds shitting on children's books, they are demonic freaks

>> No.16818546

>>16817855
Why hasn't this been made into a live-action movie yet?

>> No.16818584

>>16817855
tao te ching, the death of ivan ilyich, and listening to a lot of elton john (as opposed to sad music). just made me pause, realize i shouldnt really give a fuck about anything, and just continue to live a life i want to live until i fuckin die. i took action to remove myself from a lot of the stressful things in my life (got a new job w/ a big pay raise and great team, cared more about health, changed my hobbies, kinda reinvented myself but not really).

>>16818492
good for you man

>>16817880
great fucking book

>> No.16818611

>>16818584
Based Elton John fan, been listening to a lot of this lately

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHjaa4_hd1E

>> No.16818629

>>16818611
based

>> No.16818788

The Epic of Gilgamesh reminded me that some of our suffering has been a shared experience across time and that none of us are alone in it

>> No.16819577

>>16818788
The Epic of Gilgamesh didn't really change my life, but reading a 4000-year-old story about coping with the inevitable nature of your death was a strangely comforting experience. A really nice slice of perspective.

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