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💔 Self-Destruction

Dark, unflinching narratives of characters consumed by addiction, compulsion, or despair — stories that trace the gravitational pull of ruin and ask whether redemption remains possible.
No Longer Human
by Osamu Dazai • 1948
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
3.94
262k+
🖊️ Confessional Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral
No Longer Human Summary
No Longer Human 88%
Playing the clown protects him from other people. The mask has fused to his skin.
by Osamu Dazai 1948
3.94
262k+ ratings
🖊️ Confessional Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator🌀 Self-Destructive Spiral
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous • 2006
A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.
2.71
77k+
🖤 Toxic Relationship🕸️ Love As Control🥀 Self-Destructive Lead
Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary
Diary of an Oxygen Thief 87%
A man who savors breaking women meets Aisling, whose own cruelty might outmatch his.
by Anonymous 2006
2.71
77k+ ratings
🖤 Toxic Relationship🕸️ Love As Control🥀 Self-Destructive Lead
Stuck
by Anneli Rufus • 2008
More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.
3.03
386
🧱 Personal Stagnation🏛️ Cultural Critique🚪 Life Transitions
Stuck Summary
Stuck 87%
More freedom than ever, more stuck than ever. The cages are invisible, and you built them.
by Anneli Rufus 2008
3.03
386 ratings
🧱 Personal Stagnation🏛️ Cultural Critique🚪 Life Transitions
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey • 2003
Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.
3.69
265k+
💊 Addiction Memoir🎯 Radical Accountability🔑 Choice-Based Recovery
A Million Little Pieces Summary
A Million Little Pieces 87%
Rehab said he was powerless. He disagreed. A raw recovery memoir built on total self-reliance.
by James Frey 2003
3.69
265k+ ratings
💊 Addiction Memoir🎯 Radical Accountability🔑 Choice-Based Recovery
How to Murder Your Life
by Cat Marnell • 2017
Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.
3.88
21k+
🖤 Addiction Memoir👗 Fashion Journalism⚡ Dark Comedy
How to Murder Your Life Summary
How to Murder Your Life 87%
Beauty editor at Condé Nast. Adderall, cocaine, and PCP. The story she wrote between binges.
by Cat Marnell 2017
3.88
21k+ ratings
🖤 Addiction Memoir👗 Fashion Journalism⚡ Dark Comedy
From Failure to Success
by Martin Meadows • 2017
Why resilience comes from reframing failure, choosing your discomforts, and knowing when to quit.
3.91
87
🪤 Self-Sabotage🔄 Failure Recovery💪 Resilience Training
From Failure to Success Summary
From Failure to Success 87%
Why resilience comes from reframing failure, choosing your discomforts, and knowing when to quit.
by Martin Meadows 2017
3.91
87 ratings
🪤 Self-Sabotage🔄 Failure Recovery💪 Resilience Training
El ruletista
by Mircea Cărtărescu • 2011
A dying writer's last testimony: the man who made a living playing Russian roulette.
4.20
6k+
💀 Existential Fiction🪞 Metafiction🎪 Death As Spectacle
El ruletista Summary
El ruletista 87%
A dying writer's last testimony: the man who made a living playing Russian roulette.
by Mircea Cărtărescu 2011
4.20
6k+ ratings
💀 Existential Fiction🪞 Metafiction🎪 Death As Spectacle
The Life of a Stupid Man
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa • 1927
A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.
3.67
11k+
📖 Autobiographical Fiction🧩 Fragmented Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator
The Life of a Stupid Man Summary
The Life of a Stupid Man 87%
A writer catalogs his life in fragments: madness, art, and a cosmos that laughs.
by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa 1927
3.67
11k+ ratings
📖 Autobiographical Fiction🧩 Fragmented Narrative🎭 Unreliable Narrator
God Hates Us All
by Hank Moody • 2009
A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.
3.46
5k+
🗽 Bohemian New York💔 Toxic Love😈 Dark Comedy
God Hates Us All Summary
God Hates Us All 87%
A cynical young man deals pot from the Chelsea Hotel, chasing love while avoiding adulthood.
by Hank Moody 2009
3.46
5k+ ratings
🗽 Bohemian New York💔 Toxic Love😈 Dark Comedy
Unfu*k Yourself
by Gary John Bishop • 2016
For everyone sick of positive thinking: the manual for action when your brain won't cooperate.
3.83
83k+
💢 Confrontational Self-Help🏃 Action Over Thinking🚫 Anti-Positive-Thinking
Unfu*k Yourself Summary
Unfu*k Yourself 87%
For everyone sick of positive thinking: the manual for action when your brain won't cooperate.
by Gary John Bishop 2016
3.83
83k+ ratings
💢 Confrontational Self-Help🏃 Action Over Thinking🚫 Anti-Positive-Thinking
Psicotrampas
by Giorgio Nardone • 2013
Your best coping strategy is likely your worst enemy. The real fix is paradoxical.
3.44
453
🎯 Strategic Therapy🧠 Cognitive Distortions🔄 Paradoxical Interventions
Psicotrampas Summary
Psicotrampas 86%
Your best coping strategy is likely your worst enemy. The real fix is paradoxical.
by Giorgio Nardone 2013
3.44
453 ratings
🎯 Strategic Therapy🧠 Cognitive Distortions🔄 Paradoxical Interventions
Heavier Than Heaven
by Charles R. Cross • 2001
Childhood trauma, punk ambition, and heroin fueled his rise and his meticulously planned fall.
4.12
36k+
🎸 Grunge Era🎨 Troubled Artists💉 Heroin Addiction
Heavier Than Heaven Summary
Heavier Than Heaven 86%
Childhood trauma, punk ambition, and heroin fueled his rise and his meticulously planned fall.
by Charles R. Cross 2001
4.12
36k+ ratings
🎸 Grunge Era🎨 Troubled Artists💉 Heroin Addiction
Just Watch Me
by Lior Torenberg • 2026
Broke and grieving, she streams her self-destruction for an audience that pays by the pepper.
3.53
6k+
🎥 Influencer Culture😈 Unlikable Narrator🥀 Sibling Grief
Just Watch Me Summary
Just Watch Me 86%
Broke and grieving, she streams her self-destruction for an audience that pays by the pepper.
by Lior Torenberg 2026
3.53
6k+ ratings
🎥 Influencer Culture😈 Unlikable Narrator🥀 Sibling Grief
Big Sur
by Jack Kerouac • 1962
A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.
3.83
38k+
🥁 Beat Generation📖 Autofiction🎨 Tortured Artist
Big Sur Summary
Big Sur 86%
A writer escapes his celebrity to a Big Sur cabin, where solitude unravels into madness.
by Jack Kerouac 1962
3.83
38k+ ratings
🥁 Beat Generation📖 Autofiction🎨 Tortured Artist
Why Good People Do Bad Things
by Debbie Ford • 2008
Self-sabotage runs on hidden shame. The way out is an internal truce, not a fight.
3.95
537
🖤 Shadow Work🔄 Self-Sabotage😔 Toxic Shame
Why Good People Do Bad Things Summary
Why Good People Do Bad Things 86%
Self-sabotage runs on hidden shame. The way out is an internal truce, not a fight.
by Debbie Ford 2008
3.95
537 ratings
🖤 Shadow Work🔄 Self-Sabotage😔 Toxic Shame
Love Is a Dog from Hell
by Charles Bukowski • 1977
What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.
3.95
39k+
🖊️ Confessional Poetry🏚️ Dirty Realism🍺 Alcoholism
Love Is a Dog from Hell Summary
Love Is a Dog from Hell 86%
What if love is not the answer but the sickness? Bukowski's poems treat it as terminal.
by Charles Bukowski 1977
3.95
39k+ ratings
🖊️ Confessional Poetry🏚️ Dirty Realism🍺 Alcoholism
On Drinking
by Charles Bukowski • 2019
The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.
3.87
2k+
🍺 Drunken Confessional📓 Autobiographical Poetry🚪 Literary Outsider
On Drinking Summary
On Drinking 86%
The poetry and prose of a man who traded sobriety for stories and never looked back.
by Charles Bukowski 2019
3.87
2k+ ratings
🍺 Drunken Confessional📓 Autobiographical Poetry🚪 Literary Outsider
So Damn Sketchy
by Bonnie Kent • 2020
A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.
3.93
218
🔥 Dark Coming Of Age💔 Parental Abandonment⚠️ Blurred Boundaries
So Damn Sketchy Summary
So Damn Sketchy 86%
A girl loses her parents, then herself, in the arms of her brother's best friend.
by Bonnie Kent 2020
3.93
218 ratings
🔥 Dark Coming Of Age💔 Parental Abandonment⚠️ Blurred Boundaries
Prozac Nation
by Elizabeth Wurtzel • 1994
At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.
3.64
64k+
🧠 Psychiatric Memoir📖 Confessional Memoir🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting
Prozac Nation Summary
Prozac Nation 86%
At eleven she cut herself, at Harvard she overdosed, then a pill renamed a generation.
by Elizabeth Wurtzel 1994
3.64
64k+ ratings
🧠 Psychiatric Memoir📖 Confessional Memoir🩸 Self-Harm And Cutting
Get Things Done
by Robert Kelsey • 2013
Your productivity problem isn't the system. It's the inner critic sabotaging every attempt.
3.23
166
🚧 Self-Sabotage🗣️ Inner Critic🕰️ Procrastination
Get Things Done Summary
Get Things Done 86%
Your productivity problem isn't the system. It's the inner critic sabotaging every attempt.
by Robert Kelsey 2013
3.23
166 ratings
🚧 Self-Sabotage🗣️ Inner Critic🕰️ Procrastination
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
by Fyodor Dostoevsky • 1864
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
4.19
79k+
🖤 Existential Fiction😈 Antihero Narrator🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead Summary
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 86%
A retired official in a Petersburg cellar explains why his intelligence has made him spiteful.
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1864
4.19
79k+ ratings
🖤 Existential Fiction😈 Antihero Narrator🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Diary of an Oxygen Thief
by Anonymous
An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.
2.69
511
🖤 Transgressive Fiction📓 Confessional Narrative☣️ Toxic Protagonist
Diary of an Oxygen Thief Summary
Diary of an Oxygen Thief 86%
An Irish ad man who emotionally destroyed women meets a New York artist determined to destroy him.
by Anonymous
2.69
511 ratings
🖤 Transgressive Fiction📓 Confessional Narrative☣️ Toxic Protagonist
Unfiltered
by Lily Collins • 2017
Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.
3.84
11k+
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🍽️ Eating Disorders🪞 Body Image
Unfiltered Summary
Unfiltered 86%
Actress known for polished roles reveals the eating disorder and emotional abuse behind the camera.
by Lily Collins 2017
3.84
11k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoir🍽️ Eating Disorders🪞 Body Image
Girl in Pieces
by Kathleen Glasgow • 2016
After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.
3.93
274k+
🏨 Psychiatric Hospital🩹 Self-Harm Recovery🎨 Art As Healing
Girl in Pieces Summary
Girl in Pieces 86%
After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.
by Kathleen Glasgow 2016
3.93
274k+ ratings
🏨 Psychiatric Hospital🩹 Self-Harm Recovery🎨 Art As Healing
The Antidote
by Oliver Burkeman • 2012
Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.
4.04
17k+
🔄 Anti-Self-Help📚 Happiness Studies🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Antidote Summary
The Antidote 86%
Positive thinking backfires. The case for embracing failure, mortality, and worst-case scenarios.
by Oliver Burkeman 2012
4.04
17k+ ratings
🔄 Anti-Self-Help📚 Happiness Studies🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Make Me Famous
by Maud Ventura • 2024
A pop star's relentless hunger for fame burns through lovers, friends, and finally herself.
3.68
5k+
🎵 Music Industry🖤 Ambitious Antiheroine🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
Make Me Famous Summary
Make Me Famous 86%
A pop star's relentless hunger for fame burns through lovers, friends, and finally herself.
by Maud Ventura 2024
3.68
5k+ ratings
🎵 Music Industry🖤 Ambitious Antiheroine🗣️ Unreliable Narrator
When It Is Darkest
by Rory O'Connor • 2022
Unbearable pain, not a death wish, drives suicide. The pain has a shape we can interrupt.
4.36
493
🛡️ Suicide Prevention🆘 Suicide Intervention🖤 Suicide Loss
When It Is Darkest Summary
When It Is Darkest 86%
Unbearable pain, not a death wish, drives suicide. The pain has a shape we can interrupt.
by Rory O'Connor 2022
4.36
493 ratings
🛡️ Suicide Prevention🆘 Suicide Intervention🖤 Suicide Loss
Te vas a morir y todavía no has empezado a vivir
by Laura Falces • 2025
Mortality redefines every priority: a guide to the choices that shape a life without regret.
4.10
1k+
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🌌 Existentialism💀 Memento Mori
Te vas a morir y todavía no has empezado a vivir Summary
Te vas a morir y todavía no has empezado a vivir 86%
Mortality redefines every priority: a guide to the choices that shape a life without regret.
by Laura Falces 2025
4.10
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Modern Stoicism🌌 Existentialism💀 Memento Mori
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
by Mark Manson • 2016
Happiness is a trap. The better question is which forms of suffering you'll accept.
3.86
1.4M+
🧭 Values-Based Living🙅 Anti-Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck Summary
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 86%
Happiness is a trap. The better question is which forms of suffering you'll accept.
by Mark Manson 2016
3.86
1.4M+ ratings
🧭 Values-Based Living🙅 Anti-Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh • 2018
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
3.60
580k+
👤 Female Misanthrope🗣️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Unreliable Narrator
My Year of Rest and Relaxation Summary
My Year of Rest and Relaxation 86%
She's young, rich, and so empty she plans to drug herself into a year-long hibernation.
by Ottessa Moshfegh 2018
3.60
580k+ ratings
👤 Female Misanthrope🗣️ Toxic Friendship🎭 Unreliable Narrator
Method
by Kate Stewart • 2019
An actor buries his grief in a mobster role. His wife fights to save their marriage.
4.10
9k+
🏚️ Marriage In Crisis🎬 Hollywood Romance🌟 Celebrity Marriage
Method Summary
Method 86%
An actor buries his grief in a mobster role. His wife fights to save their marriage.
by Kate Stewart 2019
4.10
9k+ ratings
🏚️ Marriage In Crisis🎬 Hollywood Romance🌟 Celebrity Marriage
The Burnout Society
by Byung-Chul Han • 2010
We replaced discipline with achievement, and it didn't set us free. It made us sick.
3.85
31k+
📖 Critical Theory🏛️ Continental Philosophy🏥 Social Pathology
The Burnout Society Summary
The Burnout Society 86%
We replaced discipline with achievement, and it didn't set us free. It made us sick.
by Byung-Chul Han 2010
3.85
31k+ ratings
📖 Critical Theory🏛️ Continental Philosophy🏥 Social Pathology
No Time to Say Goodbye
by Carla Fine • 1996
For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.
4.25
1k+
🖤 Suicide Bereavement💔 Trauma Recovery😞 Survivor Guilt
No Time to Say Goodbye Summary
No Time to Say Goodbye 86%
For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.
by Carla Fine 1996
4.25
1k+ ratings
🖤 Suicide Bereavement💔 Trauma Recovery😞 Survivor Guilt
El Hombre Light
by Enrique Rojas • 1992
When everything is permitted and nothing matters, a new kind of person emerges: informed and hollow.
3.12
535
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🧭 Moral Psychology🛒 Consumerism Critique
El Hombre Light Summary
El Hombre Light 86%
When everything is permitted and nothing matters, a new kind of person emerges: informed and hollow.
by Enrique Rojas 1992
3.12
535 ratings
🏛️ Cultural Criticism🧭 Moral Psychology🛒 Consumerism Critique
You Do You
by Sarah Knight • 2017
The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.
3.62
8k+
🫂 Self-Acceptance🙃 Anti-Self-Help🚧 Boundary Setting
You Do You Summary
You Do You 86%
The permission slip for saying no, skipping the party, and finally putting yourself first.
by Sarah Knight 2017
3.62
8k+ ratings
🫂 Self-Acceptance🙃 Anti-Self-Help🚧 Boundary Setting
12 Commandments
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2022
The problem isn't you, it's the pursuit of excellence. Here's how to thrive in mediocrity.
4.40
42
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🌑 Shadow Work🛑 Anti-Perfectionism
12 Commandments Summary
12 Commandments 86%
The problem isn't you, it's the pursuit of excellence. Here's how to thrive in mediocrity.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2022
4.40
42 ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🌑 Shadow Work🛑 Anti-Perfectionism
Procrastination
by Jane B. Burka • 1982
Time management won't fix your procrastination. The psychology behind the delay, and what will.
3.95
2k+
🐢 Procrastination🎯 Perfectionism🚧 Self-Sabotage
Procrastination Summary
Procrastination 86%
Time management won't fix your procrastination. The psychology behind the delay, and what will.
by Jane B. Burka 1982
3.95
2k+ ratings
🐢 Procrastination🎯 Perfectionism🚧 Self-Sabotage
How to Think Bigger
by Martin Meadows • 2015
Your brain sees big goals as threats. The mindset shifts that override its alarm system.
4.03
2k+
🔥 Intrinsic Motivation🧠 Self-Sabotage🎯 Strategic Focus
How to Think Bigger Summary
How to Think Bigger 86%
Your brain sees big goals as threats. The mindset shifts that override its alarm system.
by Martin Meadows 2015
4.03
2k+ ratings
🔥 Intrinsic Motivation🧠 Self-Sabotage🎯 Strategic Focus
Do the Work
by Gary John Bishop • 2019
Self-talk built your limits. The no-excuses path to tearing them down through kept promises.
3.80
2k+
🗣️ Self-Talk⚡ Radical Responsibility🏃 Behavioral Activation
Do the Work Summary
Do the Work 86%
Self-talk built your limits. The no-excuses path to tearing them down through kept promises.
by Gary John Bishop 2019
3.80
2k+ ratings
🗣️ Self-Talk⚡ Radical Responsibility🏃 Behavioral Activation
Your Life As Art
by Robert Fritz • 2002
Forget fixing beliefs. Change comes from the gap between what you want and what you have.
4.21
131
🎨 Life Design🖌️ Creative Process🪤 Self-Sabotage
Your Life As Art Summary
Your Life As Art 86%
Forget fixing beliefs. Change comes from the gap between what you want and what you have.
by Robert Fritz 2002
4.21
131 ratings
🎨 Life Design🖌️ Creative Process🪤 Self-Sabotage
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
by Thomas Ligotti • 2011
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
4.01
10k+
🖤 Philosophical Pessimism🚫 Antinatalism🧠 Consciousness Studies
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race Summary
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race 86%
Nature's worst mistake was making you self-aware. The only logical response is to stop reproducing.
by Thomas Ligotti 2011
4.01
10k+ ratings
🖤 Philosophical Pessimism🚫 Antinatalism🧠 Consciousness Studies
This Is How
by Augusten Burroughs • 2012
Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.
3.68
13k+
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🎯 Radical Honesty🌊 Emotional Acceptance
This Is How Summary
This Is How 86%
Positive thinking is a lie. The way through is honesty about what will never get better.
by Augusten Burroughs 2012
3.68
13k+ ratings
🚫 Anti-Self-Help🎯 Radical Honesty🌊 Emotional Acceptance
Ready
by David Richo • 2022
Whether to leave or stay depends on an inner readiness no pro-con list can manufacture.
3.53
91
🌸 Buddhist Psychology🪢 Codependency Recovery💔 Relationship Decisions
Ready Summary
Ready 86%
Whether to leave or stay depends on an inner readiness no pro-con list can manufacture.
by David Richo 2022
3.53
91 ratings
🌸 Buddhist Psychology🪢 Codependency Recovery💔 Relationship Decisions
Carpe Diem
by Roman Alexander Krznaric • 2017
Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.
3.76
385
🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help✊ Political Activism💀 Death Awareness
Carpe Diem Summary
Carpe Diem 86%
Living fully was hijacked by shopping, scheduling, and screens. Five forgotten paths to reclaim it.
by Roman Alexander Krznaric 2017
3.76
385 ratings
🏛️ Philosophical Self-Help✊ Political Activism💀 Death Awareness
Things No One Else Can Teach Us
by Humble the Poet • 2019
Life lessons no one can give you, and how to find them in the mess.
3.98
1k+
⏳ Impermanence🪞 Self-Awareness🏛️ Modern Stoicism
Things No One Else Can Teach Us Summary
Things No One Else Can Teach Us 86%
Life lessons no one can give you, and how to find them in the mess.
by Humble the Poet 2019
3.98
1k+ ratings
⏳ Impermanence🪞 Self-Awareness🏛️ Modern Stoicism
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
by Iain Reid • 2016
A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.
3.50
206k+
🖤 Psychological Horror🤥 Unreliable Narrator📖 Metafiction
I'm Thinking of Ending Things Summary
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 86%
A woman's doubts explode into horror when a visit to her boyfriend's family farm turns surreal.
by Iain Reid 2016
3.50
206k+ ratings
🖤 Psychological Horror🤥 Unreliable Narrator📖 Metafiction
Short Stories
by Columbus Short • 2020
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
3.94
293
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🖤 Black Hollywood💊 Substance Abuse Recovery
Short Stories Summary
Short Stories 86%
A pint of whiskey daily to become Little Walter, and the habit that outlasted the role.
by Columbus Short 2020
3.94
293 ratings
🎬 Hollywood Memoirs🖤 Black Hollywood💊 Substance Abuse Recovery
Stand Firm
by Svend Brinkmann • 2014
Stop looking inward. Stop chasing happiness. A philosopher's bracing case for negativity and duty.
3.60
3k+
🛑 Anti-Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism🌧️ Resisting Positivity
Stand Firm Summary
Stand Firm 86%
Stop looking inward. Stop chasing happiness. A philosopher's bracing case for negativity and duty.
by Svend Brinkmann 2014
3.60
3k+ ratings
🛑 Anti-Self-Help🏛️ Modern Stoicism🌧️ Resisting Positivity
Boy Meets Depression
by Kevin Breel • 2015
Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.
3.82
873
🧠 Teenage Depression💔 Suicidal Ideation🏠 Childhood Loneliness
Boy Meets Depression Summary
Boy Meets Depression 86%
Hobbs Street looked normal from the outside. Inside, a kid was falling apart.
by Kevin Breel 2015
3.82
873 ratings
🧠 Teenage Depression💔 Suicidal Ideation🏠 Childhood Loneliness
Studies in Pessimism
by Arthur Schopenhauer • 1890
Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.
3.88
2k+
🖤 Philosophical Pessimism🇩🇪 German Philosophy😣 Desire And Suffering
Studies in Pessimism Summary
Studies in Pessimism 86%
Beneath all striving is a blind will: pleasure is pain's absence, and boredom fills every gap.
by Arthur Schopenhauer 1890
3.88
2k+ ratings
🖤 Philosophical Pessimism🇩🇪 German Philosophy😣 Desire And Suffering
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