[Redway]

Physique and Character, Manic-Depressive Insanity and Paranoia (Emil Kraepelin), My Hidden Race (Anyika Onuora), Ugly (can’t remember the name of the author but I remember reading it circa 2009, for whar it’s worth) and The Fall (Dayo Benson) are top-of-head ones for me.

[Redway]

Ugly: Constance Briscoe. That’s it.

[The Slim Reaper]

Das Kapital.

[UserSince2005]

The Quran

[Mystic Mock]

Altered Carbon.

Also I do really like Encyclopedias, so I would encourage people to read any of them tbh.

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Altered Carbon.

Also I do really like Encyclopedias, so I would encourage people to read any of them tbh.

I love an encyclopaedia

Although when I hear the word or see one though I think of Joey in Friends.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The Bible, King James Version

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I love an encyclopaedia

Although when I hear the word or see one though I think of Joey in Friends.

Me too. I also think of him when anyon3 mentions a thesaurus

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

I love an encyclopaedia

Although when I hear the word or see one though I think of Joey in Friends.

What Encyclopedias did Joey from Friends like to read?

Out of interest, what Encyclopedias do you like to read, Benjamin?

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

What Encyclopedias did Joey from Friends like to read?

Out of interest, what Encyclopedias do you like to read, Benjamin?

The V volume. He kept trying to start a convo about Vesuvius, Vatican and vivisection

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Benjamin

The V volume. He kept trying to start a convo about Vesuvius, Vatican and vivisection

Omg.

[Redway]

‘Bipolar disorder is a made-up disease that didn’t exist until celebrities came out of the woodworks to over-pathologise mood swangs. We all have our ups and downs.’

Manic-depressive insanity and paranoia says hello.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Redway

‘Bipolar disorder is a made-up disease that didn’t exist until celebrities came out of the woodworks to over-pathologise mood swangs. We all have our ups and downs.’

Manic-depressive insanity and paranoia says hello.

It’s true that there’s not a great deal of evidence surrounding this condition but they haven’t ploughed millions into research soooo


:: I think it’s a legit condition..

Stats indicate it tends to run in families..

::

Mental health experts think it's a result of chemical imbalances in the brain. It seems to run in families, but no genes have yet been linked to it. It causes unusual mood swings. A person will have periods of extreme joy, elevated mood, or irritability (called mania).


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[Redway]

Originally Posted by Zizu

It’s true that there’s not a great deal of evidence surrounding this condition but they haven’t ploughed millions into research soooo


:: I think it’s a legit condition..

Stats indicate it tends to run in families..

::

Mental health experts think it's a result of chemical imbalances in the brain. It seems to run in families, but no genes have yet been linked to it. It causes unusual mood swings. A person will have periods of extreme joy, elevated mood, or irritability (called mania).


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That’s exactly what I’m saying. I’m imploring people who underestimate the severity or legitimacy of bipolar disorder and depression to read that book (Manic-Depressive Insanity & Paranoia). For people who really want to know the historical and spiritual full spectrum of mood disorders/affective psychoses, that’s the book to dig into and put some shallow conceptions to bed. Ignorance from the general public and even some doctors (especially clueless GPs) has nothing to do with the rich historical veracity of these disorders.

The vague notion of “chemical imbalance” is a classic hallmark of people who don’t really have much to say when it comes to the aetiology of these mental illnesses.

[Kate!]

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

[bots]

The beano annual

[Benjamin]

Originally Posted by bots

The beano annual

Never got into Beano, but my grandfather loved Fred Bassett and loved those as a kid.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Holly Christmas

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy.

…I felt completely traumatised by a ‘scene’ in that…

Spoiler:

…because I was so young when I read it, I think…that whole concept and image that I couldn’t get out of my head of a mother and child in a coffin…the whole thought of the death of a baby was something I couldn’t erase…

[Ammi]

…books/stories/movies etc are strange beasts, though…in that some have felt hugely impactful for me for so many reasons…but then, when others have read them…?…it’s more, yeah it was ok/fine, type thing…I think the meaning of these things come from us and the meaning we give them, rather than the book story itself…

[Redway]

Anyone got any books from childhood they’d still rake through given the chance?

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Pigeon Lady

…I felt completely traumatised by a ‘scene’ in that…

Spoiler:

…because I was so young when I read it, I think…that whole concept and image that I couldn’t get out of my head of a mother and child in a coffin…the whole thought of the death of a baby was something I couldn’t erase…

Yep that makes sense.

[Crimson Dynamo]

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Cranbred Goose

Anyone got any books from childhood they’d still rake through given the chance?

Lots, the Chronicles of Narnia, the Ann of Green Gables books, Little Women, Octagon Magic, Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods, Swallows and Amazons, Lorna Doon... I read a lot as a kid and still have them all.

[Kate!]

Originally Posted by Livia

Lots, the Chronicles of Narnia, the Ann of Green Gables books, Little Women, Octagon Magic, Wind in the Willows, The Secret Garden, Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods, Swallows and Amazons, Lorna Doon... I read a lot as a kid and still have them all.

Ahhh Ann of Green Gables. Loved those books. Gilbert

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cranbred Goose

Anyone got any books from childhood they’d still rake through given the chance?

I loved the Anne Rice Vampire series (Interview with the Vampire etc) as a teen, I may re read them soon actually