>read Dostoievsky
>be depressed for a month
Read Dostoievsky
But then you come out stronger after that
do you? i read the idiot in jan and it fucked me for months. still dunno if i've recovered.
I read crime and punishment and brothers karamazov and didn’t feel anything
>read neitzche and the stoics
>will myself to be depressed
>love being depressed
>seek out ways to make myself depressed
>realize depression is making me happy
amor fati anons, amor fati
I imagine since he was very religious you’d have to be too to really get anything out of his work. As an atheist it just seems like bleak nihilism, I guess with the idea of religious suffering it becomes more reflective and melancholic than just completely dark
>read Cioran
>suddenly not depressed
Good. You deserve it.
It’s powerful literature Monsieur, it’s supposed to have that effect, but you’ll bounce back in no time, a strong individual.
Literally the opposite for me you're doing something wrong