How To Cope With Bad Emotions?

[KevinMao133]

Like I said in the introduction, I love reading

But recently however, haven’t really been feel it. Today haven’t been a good day when it comes to reading. In terms of efficiency and feeling well, haven’t been the best

Just wondering: how many experience the same situation?

If yes, how do you plan on or how did you overcome it? Continue reading or simply taking a break? Need some advices, thanks

 

[Misery]

Sounds like burnout.

Do you have other hobbies? Maybe take a break from reading for a few days or a week and do other things for awhile... come back to it later, refreshed.

Burnout can happen with anything, really.

 

[watersprite]

Taking a break as @Misery said is what I do plus I remind myself, over & over if necessary, “this emotion isn’t going to go on forever.” Otherwise I can slip down into black & white thinking. If stuck in that, it wrecks whatever I’m trying to do.

 

[Luca]

I just gave someone advice about this type of thing in another thread.
I get burned out on reading sometimes too, and making music and art. I take a break until I'm feeling creative and motivated again.

It's interesting that this is coming up now, since I literally just purchased a new book yesterday I hadn't been reading much at all for the past few months so I decided to get a new book that I knew would capture my attention. My main special interest is dogs, and animal biology in general, so I bought a dog encyclopedia that has a profile of every single dog breed, and lots of chapters on their behavior, evolution, psychology, breeding, training, and veterinary science. It's fascinating. I read through a few chapters last night and I'm going to pick it up again in a bit after breakfast and chores.
I've always been a huge fan of nonfiction, research, and studying. So I tend to get really interested in books that I can learn from.
Maybe try buying a new book Something that's a little different and will make you want to learn and pay attention to it. Sometimes I also put music on in the background when I'm reading or writing and it helps with focus.

And it's really great to support small and independent bookstores My new book is really good quality with a lot of information and is hundreds of pages long, and I got it for $4 from a used bookstore

Oh, and I asked a lot of friends and family to get me books for Christmas too! I described the kind of thing I'm interested in and asked them to look for something in those genres. I asked for some drawing and painting instruction books too to help keep up with my interest in making art

 

[Gerald Wilgus]

There were some things I read that made me feel depressed. Particularly Twain and his stories like "The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg."

 

[Aspychata]

I have a book in mortgage exams to process mortgages. Kinda of bizarre yet interesting. Like how they try to deal with fake IDs, questionable income.

 

[Aneka]

Like I said in the introduction, I love reading

But recently however, haven’t really been feel it. Today haven’t been a good day when it comes to reading. In terms of efficiency and feeling well, haven’t been the best

Just wondering: how many experience the same situation?

If yes, how do you plan on or how did you overcome it? Continue reading or simply taking a break? Need some advices, thanks

During my early teen years I used to read anything I could get my hands on. I preferred novels, mostly fantasy, crime and science-fiction. I did read a book of 500 pages within a day if I could manage to do so.
Now, I read less and it's almost exclusively nonfiction (Essays, scientific articles, encyclopedias on subjects that interest me and cookbooks. I also collect recipes like a maniac.)
I still read some fanfiction although it's only about one character of a specific genre and nothing else.
To sum it up, I've become very picky with reading materials over the years. When I was a kid, anything with letters on it could pike my interest.
My advice would be to do as you please.

 

[Fino]

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