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Can reading make you more depressed?
The results showed that people who read problem-focused self-help books had greater depressive symptoms and those who read growth-oriented self-help books presented increased stress reactivity compared to non-consumers.
What makes reading boring?
When we hear someone says that reading is boring, it almost always means that they feel like reading is hard. It takes them too much effort for anything they get out of it. Many people do battle through something if it is really interesting to them, but so many people simply don’t read at all if they can avoid it.
Does depression affect your reading habits?
Sad, but true: how depression affects your reading habits. Heavy books are more than I can cope with when I’m already weighed down with depression – but there are ways to stay connected to literature. It is a truth universally unacknowledged: depression makes you stupid. Okay, not stupid exactly, more like ignorant.
Can reading fiction help us cope with depression?
“Serious depression can be so debilitating that a person experiencing it can’t even find the focus to read a book, apart from anything else,” he explains. “But of course, the best fiction can help us to learn new ways of seeing the world and of relating to other people; can teach us deep empathy.
Can books really cure depression?
McGregor is especially wary of the suggestion that books can be any kind of cure for mental ill-health. “Serious depression can be so debilitating that a person experiencing it can’t even find the focus to read a book, apart from anything else,” he explains.
Does depression make you stupid?
It is a truth universally unacknowledged: depression makes you stupid. Okay, not stupid exactly, more like ignorant. I’m not attacking anyone who is depressed, just talking from personal experience.