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  1. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    Comics might be a good entry point. I never thought about that. Thank you for your suggestion.

    Comics might be a good entry point. I never thought about that. Thank you for your suggestion.

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  2. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    Thank you. These sound fun.

    Thank you. These sound fun.

  3. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    Thank you. David Sedaris sounds fun to read.

    Thank you. David Sedaris sounds fun to read.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    No problem. Thank you for your suggestions. :)

    No problem. Thank you for your suggestions. :)

  5. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    This is solid advice. Thank you.

    This is solid advice. Thank you.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    Thank you for the suggestions. I'll have a look at that.

    Thank you for the suggestions. I'll have a look at that.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    Yeah, maybe I am pressuring myself too hard.

    Yeah, maybe I am pressuring myself too hard.

    2 votes

  8. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    That is a good perspective to have, thanks.

    That is a good perspective to have, thanks.

  9. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    Thank you for your concerns. I have had therapy and am now mentally well for the moment.

    Thank you for your concerns. I have had therapy and am now mentally well for the moment.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on How to pick up reading again? in ~books

    mzumquadrat
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    That is a good idea. Do you have some short stories you would recommend?

    That is a good idea. Do you have some short stories you would recommend?

    1 vote

  11. How to pick up reading again?

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    I have been a reader in my teens and my early youth. This all changed when I started to develop a depression back in the days. I had no will, interest or strength to pick up a book. During my...

    I have been a reader in my teens and my early youth. This all changed when I started to develop a depression back in the days. I had no will, interest or strength to pick up a book. During my university years I read a lot of textbooks but no prose. Picking up a book today feels like a chore for me. I find a lot of them bland and have to force myself to read/finish the story. So basically, my text boils down to: What helped you to rekindle your love for books/reading again? I am curious about all the answers.

    EDIT:
    Thanks to the comments so far, I have seen that I did not answer the important question why I stopped reading and why it now feels like a chore. So I'll try and give a bit more answers.
    Besides "having no strength" during my phase of depression, I kind of started to hate the worlds the books offered. I wished to be part of these worlds, where my depression would not mess with me, where I could be happy or at least experience cool adventures. But after every reading session came the hard realization that I was still in this world with my depression and all my problems. That was when I decided to stop reading.

    As to why reading feels like a chore today: I don't know. I started to read books again that I loved as a teenager/ young adult, but the magic was gone. Meanwhile, I also started to pick up more books from up-to-date bestseller lists, but I found a lot of them pretty boring, or I did not like the style of the author.

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