I don't know if these books even exist, but my partner of 9 years left me a few weeks ago while I'm being chronically ill from dysregulated nervous system. I wish there was a book that would describe my exact situation, but that feels a bit too optimistic. However, maybe you guys know books about:
– Loneliness
– Breakup grief
– Chronic illness
– Dysregulated nervous system
– Feeling worthless
– cPTSD
– Healing
And preferably, a combination of (some of) the above? Both fiction and non-fiction.
by StoryWriter31
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Are you looking for fiction or nonfiction?
Warning this is kind of a depressing list but I tend to lean in to dark reads when I’m going through stuff
Martyr by Kaveh Akbar for cptsd
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (TW for SI)
Eleanor Olyphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (TW for SI)
How Not to Die Alone by Richard Roper
For nonfiction you might like Meaty by Samatha Irby and her other works (cptsd and chronic illness). David Sedaris Calypso and Me Talk Funny One Day (especially his audiobooks). Both authors are humerists and so you might find them somewhat uplifting
“The Bridge of San Luis Rey” by Thornton Wilder