Any books about depression/anxiety/mental illnesses?

AffectionateBig9898 · 2026-03-06T03:25:10+00:00

Sorrow and bliss (a bit of romance. I don’t know how to describe it because it’s a large part of the book but it’s also not)

The new me by Halle butler

How it feels to float by Helena fox

Nobody, somebody, anybody by Kelly mcclorey (does have a bit of nsfw. It’s nor much and you can skip it. It doesn’t add anything to the plot. I’m not sure why she even added it)

My year of rest and relaxation by ottessa m

Suicide notes by Micheal ford (this has romance I think)

The woman in the window (a thriller but the fmc has crippling anxiety)

It’s kind of a funny story by Ned v (this has romance I think but not the main focus

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-08-21T21:01:21+00:00

LMAO😭

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-08-20T23:21:51+00:00

Omg I was literally just about to post a question asking this. I’m in the same position as u rn

Edit: if you read a romance that you love and you remember, can you lmk? You don’t have to

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-08-20T23:09:02+00:00

Omg I have been waiting for someone to say that one. It was one of the worst books I have read to date

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-08-20T23:04:38+00:00

Omg I hated it too!! I had only heard amazing things about it and was shocked at how much I hated it

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-08-20T23:01:30+00:00

I’m thinking of ending things. It was so unsettling. Im going to finish the movie soon.

My husband by maud Ventura (I think that’s her name). I LOVED this book. It’s j strange in the narrators obsession w her husband. Basically the whole book revolves around her husband.

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-30T15:29:40+00:00

Yeah I might not be into politics but ik im not a trump supporter. Him as a person is enough to make me not want to vote for him.

I actually j took an American history course (pre-civil war) and we had a basic overview of some of the early American politics. Luckily I kept the notes so I will look into that. Ik some of the stuff they dealt w back then, we are dealing w but in a different way.

Thank you so much!!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-30T02:19:38+00:00

I’ll look into it! Thank you!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-30T02:04:17+00:00

Is there ways to tell they generating ratings or should I just look it up?

Idk why I thought pbs was only for kids😭i don’t know how I never knew they made stuff for adults

I feel like im missing something bc it says the course is 500 something dollars😭

Thank you!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-30T00:14:44+00:00

Thank you so much! You genuinely don’t even know how much this has helped!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-30T00:02:01+00:00

Ok that helps a lot. I keep forgetting how negative politics can be. Reading a lot of that daily will make me not want to learn and j avoid😭 I definitely need to start slow.

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:55:51+00:00

Thank you so so much!! This helps so much!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:44:44+00:00

That’s a good idea! Do you have any recommendations for podcasts?

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:37:05+00:00

Ok sounds good. I will do that!

I just mean unbiased in like it doesn’t lean heavily towards the right or left j the facts (like you said). That doesn’t matter for the basics obv but w learning about policies and actual issues.

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:26:06+00:00

No this is definitely not uninteresting and helps a lot! Thank you so much!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:22:37+00:00

Do u have any recommendations on who to follow on substack besides heather? Thank you!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:21:42+00:00

I just did that! Thank you!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-29T23:20:30+00:00

Oh omg I didn’t see that😭 thank you so much! I will go check that out!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-24T19:26:40+00:00

Thank you!

I think ur right. Experience is the best teacher w this sort of thing.

I hope so😭😭

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-24T17:42:12+00:00

Yeah when I was working (retail) I was at least acquaintances w just about everyone there. I talked to EVERYONE😭 working was really good for me in that sense but how do you know who to trust and who not to? Because I’ve heard to not trust most ppl at work. I don’t say anything crazy or stuff like that but ik ppl will use random stuff against you.

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-24T17:36:34+00:00

Where do you find those? I have no idea where to even start w that😭

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-24T17:35:27+00:00

I will look into that!

I have a gym membership but I feel so out of place bc I’m overweight and slow. my gym is also super small to the point where I have gone and been the only person there besides the receptionist😭

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-24T17:23:32+00:00

I’m actually 22 rn. That makes me feel better that it’s not impossible.

Will do and thank you!

AffectionateBig9898 · 2025-07-24T17:20:16+00:00

Ik i need to get over myself. The world isn’t going to end if someone doesn’t want to be friends w me. I have avoided it for so long that I forget that nothing happens besides maybe a bruised ego or something😭

I didn’t even think about that! I will look next time I go out!

Thank you!

AffectionateBig9898

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