New wings to fly: Reading as a distraction from depression

This will be a very short, quick post (I have a massive headache that barely lets me think).

Reading is a great distraction from depression.

For me, for the last 2 years (despite always having loved reading) I was unable to find pleasure reading as it was really hard to concentrate.

However, this year in January I finally sat down with a book and decided to read and keep on going no matter what, even if I was barely understanding it, I would keep going. And even though it felt sort of awkward and unnatural and the book was not my favorite, I knew no book would be my favorite because of the circumstances. And after I finally closed it after longer than usual and took another one, it felt slightly easier. And that way, reading has become one of my favorite things to do again.

I have been reading Young Adult novels and New Adult novels because they keep me distracted the most, they are easy to read and take me away. For some reason I don't really understand, I do like books where the characters have issues... Maybe to know how they face their issues? I'm not really sure to be fair.

So I want to encourage you to read to distract yourself from depression, read what you like the most, what keeps you distracted.

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