i'm depressed. i wanna read a story that start depressingly slowly but surely get's better emotionally
i'm depressed. i wanna read a story that start depressingly slowly but surely get's better emotionally
Look up Don Lockwood. 'Heroes' might be a bit... harsh. But it ends in classic style. Some of his others are similar. If he'd ever finished 'Curse 2' that would be the epitome of stories that start out as depressingly as possible, but turns the corner to end on a impressively high note. (note: yeah, that was the one based on the Red Sox ALCS win over the Yankees after being down 3-0 in the series. So from the horror of a Yankees win to the world suddenly becoming right.)
Finding a Place starts with the tragically broken MC starting a new life and overcoming the scars of high school to the insulin-necessitating ending.
I would have said Wes Boyd's Square One but that's not here; try his Picking Up the Pieces
i'm depressed. i wanna read a story that start depressingly slowly but surely get's better emotionally
Unfortunately, the typical storytelling motif is to start with everything being normal, before some precipitating event throws the protagonist's life into disarray, as it then grows steadily worse until the character manages to solve the underlying crisis. But, the "Ove" books (A Man Called Ove) in your local library or book store certainly fits, as the main character is fed-up with humanity and wants nothing to do with anyone but meets a curious young girl.
Feathers fits the bill. A child soldier experiences the horrors of war (in a fantasy setting) and returns home years later to put back the pieces of his life.
Sorry for the bump, but no! Don't read this if you are depressed. Certain aspects, especially considering that kungfufool45 usually asks for stories with less relationship drama, may upset you greatly if you are like me and the two books that are out as of yet do not conclude the story happily, at all.
That's why I said only the first book.
Also, Georgia Moonbeams might work for OP. Yes, it starts bad, improves ever so slightly, gets worse, and THEN improves... but it does end on a up note.
You didn't actually explicitly say that but, anyway, I disagree. The first book made me (more) depressed and I was hoping that the second book would salvage the story but it didn't really do so for me during the more fun parts and made some things worse. Maybe the payoff will be there if the author writes a few more books because it's hard not to want to see Jack find happiness but right now I just regret reading it.
As for Georgia Moonbeams, I personally will stay the fuck away from that, because obviously your standards for "happy" are not in line with mine and what I read about it was upsetting enough and "ending on an up note" is never enough to redeem a story to me.
Or if you do, have My Neighbor Totoro on hand to watch immediately afterwards. (The two movies were originally released and shown as a double feature.)
Oddly, I never thought 'Grave' was really deserving of the 'most depressing anime ever created' title. Yes, the second time through it's pretty brutal... but then, for someone with PRSD there were more brutal ones.
but then, for someone with PRSD there were more brutal ones.
What would the Pentucket Regional School District have to do with it?
Or did you mean PTSD?
Close, but not quite. Post Relationship Stress Disorder. Like PTSD, but it was a relationship that fucked you up rather than combat.
Close, but not quite. Post Relationship Stress Disorder.
I Googled PRSD and that did not come up.
https://graciehemphill.com/2016/10/23/what-is-post-traumatic-relationship-syndrome/
https://psychcentral.com/blog/relationship-corner/2019/12/post-traumatic-relationship-stress-15-signs#1
It's not been recognized by the broader psychological community yet. Nor is it found in DSM5.