Any suggestions for a depressed person who feels alone ?
I’m 19f and going through it. I’m struggling in school and have issues at home. I am open to any genre!! (Doesn’t have to be only self help lol). The last book I finished was The Count of Monte Cristo 🙂
Good authors: Ken Follett, Brent Weeks, Jeffrey Archer, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Stephen King. Depends what you like.
Express_Charity6285 on
The Trial by Kafka. Let’s make you more depressed >:)
edit: or Metamorphosis if you want one that’s, you know, *finished*.
Shadowmereshooves on
Three Musketeers
Don Quixote
The Hobbit
JCrago on
Non-fiction: “The Four Thoughts That F*ck You Up … and How to Fix Them” by Daniel Fryer. He’s a therapist who uses REBT (like CBT) in the NHS here in the UK. The book is designed like the six-week self-guided CBT courses the NHS offers, and it contains links to worksheets.
Fiction: “Stoner” by John Williams, who lives a hard, lonely life, but bears it all with stoical acceptance while working to sweeten his life through his love for literature.
MorriganJade on
I find light from uncommon stars by Ryka Aoki really comforting, also The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers and All systems red by Martha Wells
teddy_vedder on
I really like to revisit *Anne of Green Gables* when things feel bleak.
Gur10nMacab33 on
I am thinking a John Irving book might be great for you. I read four of his books. If you’re depressed I would recommend The Hotel New Hampshire because it is the funniest and also addresses isolation. In my opinion of the four I’ve read Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules. The Cider House Rules is the deepest and most beautiful. I think the metaphor of the rules posted beside the cider house door is one of the deepest in all of literature.
As an aside I read it (THNH) when I was about your age. I am 58 now and I still remember the joy and laugh out loud moments it brought me.
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Good authors: Ken Follett, Brent Weeks, Jeffrey Archer, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Stephen King. Depends what you like.
The Trial by Kafka. Let’s make you more depressed >:)
edit: or Metamorphosis if you want one that’s, you know, *finished*.
Three Musketeers
Don Quixote
The Hobbit
Non-fiction: “The Four Thoughts That F*ck You Up … and How to Fix Them” by Daniel Fryer. He’s a therapist who uses REBT (like CBT) in the NHS here in the UK. The book is designed like the six-week self-guided CBT courses the NHS offers, and it contains links to worksheets.
Fiction: “Stoner” by John Williams, who lives a hard, lonely life, but bears it all with stoical acceptance while working to sweeten his life through his love for literature.
I find light from uncommon stars by Ryka Aoki really comforting, also The long way to a small angry planet by Becky Chambers and All systems red by Martha Wells
I really like to revisit *Anne of Green Gables* when things feel bleak.
I am thinking a John Irving book might be great for you. I read four of his books. If you’re depressed I would recommend The Hotel New Hampshire because it is the funniest and also addresses isolation. In my opinion of the four I’ve read Garp, The Hotel New Hampshire, Owen Meany and The Cider House Rules. The Cider House Rules is the deepest and most beautiful. I think the metaphor of the rules posted beside the cider house door is one of the deepest in all of literature.
As an aside I read it (THNH) when I was about your age. I am 58 now and I still remember the joy and laugh out loud moments it brought me.