"I’ve talked to many people who’ve felt this sort of depression throughout their lives, and everyone deals with it differently. Some people can only read. Idealistically, I think reading will help mute whatever ailments I’m experiencing. In reality, however, I end up sitting behind a screen. I never feel great about it, but it’s easy. There’s so little thought and all I have to do is watch. If I forget to pay attention, there’s no big loss. Reading, on the other hand, is a process. For me, it’s a mental state that requires my brain to work properly. It’s a state that I love but that, for one reason or another, is so hard to get to when I feel depressed. Depression is often overwhelming and reading, even picking up a book, is one of the many things that becomes hard for me."
--excerpt from: https://bookstr.com/article/how-my-depression-gets-in-the-way-of-reading/
Has anyone else ever felt this way about reading, writing, or whatever your creative outlet is? I have definitely gone through this and still do. I have just picked back up my love of reading. Sorry, Wattpad, what I meant to say is my love of reading books, real books that you can hold in your hands. It doesn't mean I won't read books on here anymore, it just means that, for the time being, real books, holding them, turning their pages, feeling the weight of them, their smell, it's all been very healing for me.
xo,
Leanne
