And because I didn't want to post these togther...
Is it advisable for me to start reading the Hunger Games trilogy now, considering my situation?
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Maria - Mar 22, 2012 9:25:58 am PDT #10271 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 9:28:55 am PDT #10272 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How do you feel about crying? It's going to make you sad, at the best of times, I think. It's not a specific illness trigger, but there's lots of death and loss, and I'm fairly sure it will have you in tears--I was pretty wracked with sobbing for Mockingjay.
If you don't want to be set off, avoid it. If you don't mind a contained hurricane of catharsis and bleakness, go ahead.
Liese S. - Mar 22, 2012 9:29:13 am PDT #10273 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I would say no. I put it off during my post-tsunami depression and I'm glad I did so. And that wasn't nearly as personal.
sj - Mar 22, 2012 9:55:19 am PDT #10274 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Maria, if reading something that can be very sad about something that is unrelated to your own sadness at the moment, then I say read it. If you think it might make you more depressed, I say skip it for now. I have often found reading depressing things that are unrelated to my own problems at the time is actually helpful, but I know I am not the norm in that.
Strix - Mar 22, 2012 9:56:12 am PDT #10275 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
It depends, Maria. The trilogy is pretty wrenching, but...
Every time I have a truly bleak depression episode, I know I'm coming out of it when I can watch "Once More With Feeling" and sob for an hour. It's cathartic for me.
But it's kind of a personal ritual at this point, so...YMMV.
ETA: Or, what sj said.
Atropa - Mar 22, 2012 9:57:31 am PDT #10276 of 30001
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Is it advisable for me to start reading the Hunger Games trilogy now, considering my situation?
Plei said I have to wait another year before I read the trilogy. I can go see the movie, but no reading the books for me right now. So I suspect you probably shouldn't read them right now, either.
sj - Mar 22, 2012 9:59:43 am PDT #10277 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
ETA: Or, what sj said.
I was just about to post that you said it better.
Strix - Mar 22, 2012 10:01:05 am PDT #10278 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Heh, sj!
Maria - Mar 22, 2012 10:07:28 am PDT #10279 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
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I shall ponder.
Atropa - Mar 22, 2012 10:14:53 am PDT #10280 of 30001
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Ponder away, Maria. I know that personally, I'm still avoiding a lot of media that I know makes me cry (Big Fish, Lilo and Stitch, Mirrormask), because I was crying at everything, and didn't need additional triggers.