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How has reading books and writing benefited your life?

>> No.21817743

>>21817736
It has allowed me to drown out my thoughts and delay my suicide (I will stream, I promise)

>> No.21817798

>>21817736
It allows me to focus my thoughts into a coherent stream.

>> No.21817805

It's the most rewarding thing I can do considering I spend all my time working in silence during the day and spending the rest of my time alone.

Books can be your friends and writing can be your voice, even if nobody is listening.

>> No.21817823

Reading and writing have made me significantly more articulate and knowledgeable than the average person in my local area, and I’ve had some good times reading stories for fun. My writing is markedly better than the average person as well, even in a professional context, allowing me to draft emails and similar things in a clearer fashion, and I now understand many literary references made in media which I previously couldn’t comprehend. Good stuff overall.

>> No.21817843

>>21817736
At a young age it gave me superior reading comprehension over my peers, helped me develop a sense of empathy, and gave me a large vocabulary for my age.
As a young adult I got depressed and quit reading and i'm brain dead retarded now. I stared reading again but im so slow and have to keep re reading. My vocabulary is probably worse than i was at a sixth grade level desu.

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>>21817736
its fun

>> No.21817868

>>21817736
I can now flex on people with big words

>> No.21817897

>>21817736
It has made me not want to kill myself and gives me something to look forward to everyday. Some might call this "purpose", but is my life "purpose" to read? I dont think it is, but the alternative is hanging or a bullet through the brain.

>> No.21817911

>muh utility

Liberal detected.

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21817913

So many shit answers itt. I can see I am reading books on a much deeper level than all of you

>> No.21817920

>>21817913
>he reads the book instead of being one with it's contents
ngmi

>> No.21817995

>>21817843
Literally me

>> No.21818036

Jacking off while reading articles on Jstor gave me massive rashes on my dick because I could go on reading for hours nonstop. Reading paperback texts helps me control myself because I don't want to get the pages wet. Thus my cock no longer has lesions, which is a great benefit to myself and my quality of life.

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>>21817736
If a book is good and immersive, I can cut myself off from this shitty world I'm living in. Everything, and I mean it, is better in my head

>> No.21818190

>>21817736
What else is there to do apart from reading/consooming and temporal pleasures like SEX.
Gonna go to the skatepark or something?

>> No.21818214

>>21818190
>skatepark or something
exercise is good for you and feels good so maybe the or something part

>> No.21818233

>>21817736
It's fun.

>> No.21818252

>>21818036
what type of articles do you jack off to? And how long are we talking? Like actually edging to articles for hours?

>> No.21818290

>>21817736
it ruined my life
i swallowed some black'd pills

>> No.21818319

>>21817736
makes me feel good

>> No.21818343

>>21817736
I wish I was an illiterate berry picker

>> No.21818359

>>21817736
I obtain sex by saying witty things to women at bars

>> No.21818466

>>21817736
I only read books, but it's allowed me to look at the world from different viewpoints and with different lens. I know that some are more true than others, but in the end learning more about different opinions from thinkers, from the characters of stories, from poets allows me to have a fuller view of the world besides my own perspective.

>> No.21818492

>>21817843
its ok anon you just probably have one of the following:

-mental illness (generally defined)
-ADHD and/or ASD
-no gf

All of which are completely normal and can be overcome

>> No.21818498

>>21817843
me too, bro
we will get through this together

>> No.21818503

>>21818492
Are you saying these are causing my to have trouble focusing? I didnt have trouble focusing on books until i lobotomized myself for a decade.

>> No.21818520

>>21817736
Made me calmer, more articulate with better vocabulary (people often commend me for this). Also more interesting conversations

>> No.21820382

>>21817736
I have scored so much pussy from being able to discuss popular YA series

>> No.21820424

>>21820382
if i had a dollar for everytime Joan K. Rowling got me laid, I'd have three dollars which isn't much, but it's weird it happened thrice