So I just finished "all the light we cannot see", and it crushed me. I'm crying since yesterday.
I grew up in iran, the triviality of human life is something you encounter with from a very young age. That people die, their causes are lost, and the world goes on. Like they never existed.
I cried with every second of werner's story as it reminded me of myself. Being groomed from a very young age, being thought to parrot government's propaganda, while all you want is a moment to live and be. Growing up in these situationd, is like looking at a happy alley, from the window, from a room with no door to escape.
Suffering from depression, nothing in my life has crushed me like this book.
However, a question rises in me: should I avoid these types of books to protect my mental health or is it more helpful to cry and pour it out? Is it method to digest your pain or are you just poking a needle in an open wound?
by Born_Scar_4052
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Hi, I’m sorry that the book has been such a pain-striking experience for you. And about your question, yes, you should avoid books like this. Our brains cannot differentiate between real and imaginary situations. If you are reading a book about tragedy, your brain will think you are experiencing it in real-time. Try reading something light-hearted.
Take care, dear.
Probably not. Being saddened without being brought to the darker sides of depression might be cathartic. I haven’t read the book, though if you read sad books, try stuff that has positive endings.