Books on Depression

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>>9971947
Nope, there's never been any literature written about that. Kinda strange once you think about it.

>>9971947
Ecclisiastes from the Old Testament helped me out. Not big into biblical stuff either... "There is nothing new under the sun"

>>9971951
>Chad feels sad: the book
Yeah sure buddy. You gonna recommend Gatsby too?

>>9971960
No because I never read it. I included it because the narrator's depression and the themes that arise because of it are major themes.
Try posting something clever next time instead, okay?

>>9971947
Notes from the undergound
Barely Human
Hollebeque
Nausea?

>>9971960
How is he a Chad?
He dropped out of school more than once and makes girls cry.

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Over a thousand pages on what is basically depression, what causes it, how it manifests, how it might be handled. Very erudite and it would help a lot if you knew a fair bit of ancient history, but worth reading regardless. Made me cry quite a few times because you can tell it's empathetically written by someone who understands the quiet nuances of depression.

>If there is a hell on earth, it is to be found in the heart of a melancholy man.

There's no reason to be depressed in the summer (assuming it's summer where you live).

Thank you all, I will read those which I haven't read before.

>>9972007
np

Infinite jest, duh

>>9971947
Michel Houellebecq. His first two books crushed me (Whatever and Atomised). Proceed with Platform and Possibilty of an Island.

>>9972006
its 100 degrees and no girls I follow have posted bikini pics on instagram lately

>>9972006
Kek I wish

Boy howdy OP, I really scratched the ol' noggin there and nope, I can't think of ANY literature, ever, which has had depression as a central theme. Maybe you should write a book featuring a depressed moody protagonist alienated from the world, it'll surely be a bestseller with such a groundbreaking premise!

>>9971947
My book desu

No longer human

>>9971972
>tall
>handsome
>rich

He may be autistic, but he could get pussy literally whenever.

>>9972006
You're right, the omnipresent forces of hell grasping my psyche and forcing me into the underworld coupled with the looming noose currently being tied around my neck don't exist because it's annoyingly hot outside, fuck off.

How about books on clinical depression? So far, I've only come across the "My life sucks and everything is pointless" sort. Even in acclaimed literature, it often feels like the author's just getting himself off on the idea that he's special.

>>9971947
Sylvia Plath's poetry is great.

I also recently read The Penguin Book of Chinese Verse, which was 90% about melancholy and loneliness, so that might suit you too.

Another great novel I read recently was To the Islands by Randolph Stow, which is about a priest who loses his faith, becomes depressed, nearly kills someone in a fight, and then flees into the desert to commit suicide, having countless existential episodes along the way. I've probably made it sound really lame by that description, but it is seriously a 10/10

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>>9971947

>>9971947
>Is there any decent literature that deals with depression as a central theme?
Unfortunately not.

>>9975279
>/lit/

>>9973131
How can you be this butthurt AND delusional?

>>9975281
>depression
>reading

>>9975284
I'm neither, tho.

>>9971947
Good Old Neon

>>9975279
This is horrible

>>9975870
How about elaborating in an attempt to perhaps convince us or make us smarter instead of sharing your shitty opinion nobody cares about?

>>9971972
A robot cries over girls.
A chad makes girls cry.

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>>9971960
>lonely so he tries to have a conversation with a prostitute instead of fucking her
>does not fuck her, gets robbed and beat up by the pimp instead
>chad

Honestly best book being depressing, having depressed characted and focusing on describing depression is Journey to the End of the Night. Especially the Hollywood part.

>>9972006
summer is literally the most depressing season

>>9975279
weak

>>9971947
Regions of Passion. Smashwords. Yes, I wrote it, but you asked, so...ba-dum-pah.

Steppenwolf

>>9971947
not to meme peterson more, but you should watch some of his lectures. he is a meme political polemecist but generally an excellent model of a clinician

>>9971976
This is the best suggestion.

>>9975279
No Arvo Part? Disappointing (as if I needed another reason)...

>>9971947
does anyone else here have a hard time reading when they're depressed?

>>9975279
Awful slow-core crap

Pink Moon is good though but only depressing contextually

>>9978907
This

>>9971947
Welcome to the NHK
>inb4 light novel

>>9972976
Kek

>>9971947
Journey to the End of the Night.

>>9979893
my nigger