Did any of you got over depression by reading a book? Which book? I don't want to take brain medicine

Reading Junger has inspired me and made me more confident and resilient, don't know about depression though.

Don't give into the pharma faggotry, mate. They shackle your wallet and your brain. Worse for you than weed. Your goal should be to have a sound body and mind without having to be strung up on whatever pill (((doc))) decides rapes your serotonin receptors the best.

>Therapy
Yeah you’re retarded to the core.

Just don't be depressed. Physically and mentally, act like you are not depressed. Under no circumstances take (((Antidepressants)))

Don't be fooled by the title. It's not the kind of self-help book we've all grown accustomed to and weary of. It's a well-written distillation of old Chinese wisdom on how to relax and enjoy your life.

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try to stop narrating your life - i've found that helps
not sure what books will help you the most with that but books on meditation or narrative fallacies could be a good start.

this looks pretty good too

Sedona Method
Body Keeps Score
Waking the Tiger

I'm listening, don't waste my time with anything stupid!

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius was extremely good. I read it at 20 when I had been dealing with depression for a long time already and it had a substantial impact on me. I want to read The Power of Positive Thinking by NVP as well, it was written by Trump's childhood preacher of all people, and if anyone isn't depressed it's Trump.
This also looks good.

I self-medicate with books and fitness. I’m still kind of depressed but not paralyzingly so. I started in high school, reading basic shit, then I read some old pulp novels (Edgar Rice Burroughs and H.G. Welles were great), from there I found noir fiction, read Hammett and Chandler, and then I started reading classics. Steinbeck and Hemingway seemed to really alleviate my sorrows at first, but now oddly I like reading stuff that other people call depressing, Beckett and Kafka and such. Philosophy, especially Plato, really gives me a sense of self-worth and the feeling that I can accomplish things and be a good person someday.

Find books on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Or some Buddhist philosophy.
Read old (pre-1930s) books on 'mind cure' about how thoughts you allow in your brain govern your perception and therefore your reality.

The Bible and Catholic Catechism

For me Crime and Punishment helped me a little bit. Of course it didn't cure anything, I still have my down time, but D provided some levity and perspective.

In C&P, the protagonist is antagonized by guilt, and they insinuate this guilt into all their interactions (both exterior and interior).

This perspective caused me to suspect that guilt underlies my depression, and realizing that was cathartic.

Yeah, fighting back against my urges really helped because it gave me a sense of control and stability over myself.
I WAS very fat and I stopped myself from eating for days and then eat minimal amounts. I started nofap and noporn, both of which Im failing at but I always start over. I reached a point now where I refuse to masturbate and only try to ever have sex with people.
Once you get a sense of self control your depression will begin to fade.
Also you should begome gadolig or ordodogs.

What's with the anti professional stance? I don't want to take meds because I don't want to get addicted and I feel like depression is a sign of something external being wrong, but theraphy?

Stoicism is the cure for depression. Especially Epictetus. His books are only a fraction of the size of the average holy book, but contain twice the wisdom. So don't waste your time on organized religion, and free yourself by distinguishing what you can influence from what you can't. Doing this will make your life much better than before, it sure helped me

You're depressed because you want to be depressed.

underrated post.
Read Pierre Hadot's books on the Stoics, he has one dedicated to Epictetus and another to Marcus Aurelius. Amazing.

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Age of Anxiety by Alan Watts helped my perspective on things

>I don't want to take meds because I don't want to get addicted and I feel like depression is a sign of something external being wrong
You're not wrong. The meds are a disgustingly mechanical solution to what others perceive the problem to be; someone not liking their Utopia - chemically alter them until they do.

>worse for you than weed.
Just gtfo. Weed is one of the dumbest things you can do when depressed, solidifying the sickness and even breaking out additional psychosises.

how do you get over the depression of a failed life and joblessness with a book? impossible

the myth of sisyphus fucking Camus

last bump

>wanting to "get over" depression
do you want to get over breathing and thinking, too?

i read to fuel and deepen my depression.