Apologies if this is the wrong sub for this.
I used to read lots, and I still love reading. But recently I’ve found that I’m struggling to read due to negative emotions resulting from my depression and anxiety. Like, when everything is quiet and my brain needs to focus, it just can’t, all that’s there is the pain and the worries. So I’ve been resorting to other, more engaging but less satisfying hobbies to distract myself, like going out somewhere, eating food or playing video games or whatever. These things are distracting me from my emotions but they’re also not satisfying or rewarding in the same way as reading a good book.
Does anyone who has experienced similar things have any advice for me to keep reading despite my current mental health?
What kind of books do you like to read?
I can suggest many books, but I would rather suggest them from what books you found joy in, the genre the style. Anything to help you find some grounding and base so you can balance.
I know the thoughts from the branches of our trees of consciousness always drop. and when we do go through a storm we lose branches and fruit and nuts from our tree. The worst part is, we have to clean up the mess from that mental storm. But are never given a chance to do it. Or were never really shown how to do the mental cleanup.