Hi everyone. I'm Iranian, living outside of Iran and I feel like I'm going insane with anxiety and this horrible, hollow feeling of dread. It's taking a huge toll on my mind and body and I'm riddled with guilt for even feeling this way.
I would be grateful for your recommendations for nonfiction books that would be helpful for times like this.
I don't even know what will help to be honest, so I don't know what to look for. I just know I don't want the classic fictions on war like Catch-22 or All Quiet on the Western Front, or For Whom the Bell Tolls, etc. That's why I'm thinking maybe nonfiction would help? But if you have a relevant fiction in mind, I'd give it a shot.
Thank you in advance for helping me
by Negster
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“One Day Everyone Will Have Been Against This” by Omar El Akkad
Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor Frankl. A famous Jewish psychiatrist who survived four different Nazi concentration camps talks about how people can cope with extreme suffering.
**Live More Think Less: Overcoming Depression and Sadness with Metacognitive Therapy**
The book gives you some tools to help you control how much you want to think about horrible things. Of course you should face it, at times. But you should decide for yourself how much, and when.