What are some books for lovesick, lonely feels of early adulthood?

What are some books for lovesick, lonely feels of early adulthood?

nowergian wood

19th century French lit.

Also, there's a reason why so many 20-somethings love Dave FW. You should probably try out some po-mo.

Leopardi's cantos

That's pretty much the entire canon of current YA fiction. Take your pick.

'no'

Just stop being a pussy instead

It's extremely hard
I'm so incompatible for a relationship
I've tried online dating, in person awkwardness, no luck
I've never even had someone so I don't even know what to do
When they ask you to 'tell me about yourself', who the fuck am I? I'm nothing.

Why be such a melodramatic bitch though? Do you think you're unique? There aren't other people who feel the same way? Do you think you're any less of a sickening human than other people? Its just arrogance to think you're more worthless or more miserable than other people. People are shit in general, so find one to put your dick in.

Sex and cohabitation aren't all they're cracked up to be. But a genetically hardwired imperative to breed is easy to manipulate, and so clever marketing strategists have convinced that us pairing is the meaning of life. It's no wonder so many people are horrifically, desperately lonely - they're all trying to squeeze meaning out of a 20-30 minute chemical experience.

Chemistry and companionship exist. But you won't find them by actively seeking them out, because you'll be trying hard to make an ideal companion out of the first person to give you the time of day.

Be alone until you're alone no longer - or until you die. And until that time, realize there are worse things than being alone.

learn to accept how things are and partake in the game or then learn to be alone
or wait for a miracle

>’tell me about yourself’
>he even gets that far

read Carnegie’s how to make friends. It’ll cure you of your literalism

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>The Elementary Particles
>Less than Zero (the protagonist has lots of sex but the sense of disillusionment, lovesickness, and loneliness is there)

>It's no wonder so many people are horrifically, desperately lonely - they're all trying to squeeze meaning out of a 20-30 minute chemical experience
this is predicated on this
>Sex and cohabitation aren't all they're cracked up to be
and
>hemistry and companionship exist. But you won't find them by actively seeking them out, because you'll be trying hard to make an ideal companion out of the first person to give you the time of day
this is the way to seal them in
>Be alone until you're alone no longer - or until you die. And until that time, realize there are worse things than being alone
and there is the truth about this person's soul. they have the spirit of a chinese incel software engineer dying alone in a casino at 70

Good post

>and there is the truth about this person's soul. they have the spirit of a chinese incel software engineer dying alone in a casino at 70

I disagree that my truth is different than anyone else's. I know plenty of people who regularly take part in hookup culture. They're not any happier. They don't feel less alone. The only difference is that they get laid (and don't enjoy it). Each hookup, they hope, is another chance at finding someone who will endow their life with meaning.

But meaning isn't something that can be delivered to us by another person - it's something we invent for ourselves, a way of keeping at bay the latent existential fear that maybe none of this means anything.

Once you realize this, nothing can mean anything. Therefore we face two paths when it comes to pairing: the lonely quest for meaning, or the infinite emptiness of a life we can be certain has none.

this.
"If truth is what you seek, then the examined life will only take you on a long ride to the limits of solitude and leave you by the side of the road with your truth and nothing else."

is ignorance bliss?

Ignorance is sporadically blissful, with diminishing returns. As life drags on and the ignorant person exhausts his avenues of discovering meaning, disappointment and despair become the prevailing emotions. The ignorant person is happiest as a child, when the world presents seemingly endless possibilities for achieving meaning, pleasure, and discovery.

In my experience bliss exists primarily in the eyes of the envious. We observe someone whose life seems to be unendingly blissful compared to our own, and we desire to be that person. Meanwhile, that very person is experiencing the same dilemma with respect to someone else - perhaps our very self.

Not OP but it's I feel that it's not so much that I am 'so much worse' than everyone else, but more that I have no positive traits at all. People are bad, but nearly no very few are completely devoid of goodness.

Hookup sex is different than relationship sex. Sex with someone you care for can make you happier and feel less alone

This is me. I have the intelligence of a plank of wood and while my childhood was (relatively) happy, I find myself looking for meaning more and more often. The only problem is, because of who I am and the life I've lived I have no way to find meaning.

I recently picked up a copy of Canti after a friend called Leopardi one of the greatest Italian poets after Dante. What am I in for?

You're in for the second best Italian poet after Dante (and a lot of feels).
Your friend has good taste.

I don't deny that companionship exists. But like so much else in life, pairs tend to yield finite and diminishing amounts of happiness. After so many of these experiences, the search for more becomes as exhausting as a hookup player's search for sex.

Even a married couple that remains committed until death will experience resentment, loss of attraction, falling out of love, and feelings of regret many more times than they will experience the intensity of their initial attraction. For many this compromised form of existence suffices - they even find it preferable to the unthinkable alternative: Being Alone. But as with any undertaking in life, the rules of the game are pure invention, usually sculpted by the architects of their culture (in the case of Western Civilization, advertisers and celebrities).

On the Road.

Well, at least you've found a more eloquent expression for "tfw no gf".

Wow, it's almost a wonder why you're so wrong while you appear to be so wise.

>tfw no gf

It never really clicked for me that this is unironically the entirety of /r9k/

Convince me otherwise. You make it sound as though I don't wish it wasn't this way.

Some people are compatible

Gay, happy marriage is meaningful in a way pseuds don't understand

John Green

Unironically pic related. I can't think of a literary character who encompasses this better than Shinji. I dunno what it is about lit but very few characters seem to get past all the self-loathing shit. Not in the books I read anyway.

>Rebuild
user pls

Yeah I hate them but it was the first image I found.

im just starting to get over this one. a lot of people shit on tsukuru tazaki, but it had a similar effect on me, especially if youve experienced recent heartbreak

>tfw you travel all the way to finland just to get over your feels

What are some notable ones that I should check out?