Reading for Depression

Hi. I hope you all are doing well and taking positive tiny steps towards healing 🤗

I wanted to talk to you about reading and how we can use it in our depression journey. there are many types of books, and whatever works for you is okay. you don't have to read a non-fiction book about depression to feel like reading is helping you in your healing journey. I used to read a novel named Les Miserables - it's a very famous novel by Victor Hugo, and I'm pretty sure most of you guys already heard about it - and it was like my best friend. whenever I felt depressed, just a little down, or even bored, I would sit on a cozy armchair and get comfy, and I would read. I would forget about everything and I would feel like a character in the novel. it was so amazing. and I was really sad when I finished it. I spent more than a year without reading any novel because I couldn't read anything after Les Miserables. I know it looks like a breakup, not somebody who finished a book 😅😅

but I recently found another French classic named Sans Famille by Hector Mallo. and now, I read it when I'm sad, down, depressed, or just bored 🤓

of course, reading non-fiction books about depression can be beneficial, but not all of us prefer that kind of books. I read a book named Feeling Good by David D. Burns M.D. It was so amazing. it helped me understand depression, CBT, and a lot of other things. I would definitely recommend it if you want something to help you understand depression more.

thank you for being you, thank you for spending time on 7Cups and trying to help yourself feel better. you deserve to feel better. you're amazing, you're beautiful, you're loved, you're the best you. I love you 💜