Krabo wrote:
Moomingirl wrote:
(...) Now I try to stick to happy things. I have to admit I am a lot less depressed and crazy than I used to be. I can't say whether or not that is related to my reading, but I'm kind of scared to go back there.
This is exactly what I do, too. The same goes with the internet. I tend to search for happier stories than before. - Nice shell house, but not one where I'd like to sleep. The Paua shells would start to resemble faces.
I've enjoy horror stories, always have, and I just find it exciting and scary in a good way. It doesn't make me see things darkly or feel bad. Horror, creepypasta, urban legends etc are irresistible to me...
Thankfully I'm not prone to depression. My only bout of it happened after I lost my turtle Nemo, and was further worsened by other things that happened in the months/ 1 year + afterwards, and I reached its rock bottom so to speak in October 2011. It took me about 3-4 years to bounce back to a non-depressed state of mind, and I was derailed by a new thought along the way, which I had to take some time getting past.
I still miss her of course, but that's completely normal (for me at least, and I wouldn't want it any different). She was one of the very best parts of my life. I've now reached a point where I would like a new turtle in my life, but as some of you know, that is very unlikely to happen.