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Get_Busy_Living

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Dear Uncle Steve,

In early 2015 I was admitted to the hospital for major depressive disorder and a suicide attempt. I wish I could say that it was my first attempt but there were countless others before that in which no one knew about until I opened to the doctors at the hospital and they informed my family who were just shocked to hear any of this. While in the hospital a nurse gave me a copy of The Gunslinger in paperback that some prior patient before me left behind. I was a fan of yours prior to being admitted, I owned about 20 of your books in hard and paperback and I had read most of them. So by the time I finished reading The Gunslinger, I was informed that I'd be going home the next day. I also wish I could say I never went back there again, but I'd be lying. After my 5th time in the hospital I knew I needed to do something different, set a goal or objective to accomplish to keep my mind off of wanting to hurt myself. I needed something that was going to be difficult but not stressful and then it came to me when I was sitting in my room just staring at my books. Which author in my collection has the most work and I already know I'd enjoy reading? It was like a neon lighted sign just turned on in my head bearing your name. When I first set out on my quest to own all of your books in hardcover I wasn't in the right state of mind and no one understood why I couldn't just own paperback copies of your work and why it had to be hardcover. I just told them that hardcover had a unique feel to them when the book was in my hands while reading and that I was able to read the print better. But the real truth was that I was looking for something to distract me from my depression and suicidal thoughts. I thought that if I was to own all of your books that it would be too easy & lazy for me to just go to the book store and buy paperback copies of all your work. I would've been done probably within a month and I needed something that was going to be a challenge for me. So I decided hardcovers were challenging to find, at least in Very Good or Like New condition, especially your earlier work. I knew it was gonna be a costly and long journey to find them all but I was determined to do it. Like Frodo setting out to destroy the ring; I had little to no idea if this was going to change anything but I knew it had to be done.
I took inventory of what I owned in hardcover & what I needed and brought my list to my local used book store which the owner and I went over and he pointed out to me which books would be difficult, expensive, and easy to find. Then he showed me to his Stephen King section and showed me what books on my list he had for sale. So I made note of what he had and then went home and jumped on Amazon to see if I could find any of the other ones on my list. It took awhile to find decent enough copies of each of the books but I did and on the 6th month anniversary of my recovery day I got Carrie in the mail and it was the nicest copy I had seen up to that point. I was finished with my quest and I felt like I had finally accomplished something that I had set my mind to. I had also left home a few days prior to getting Carrie in the mail and moved in on my own and got a job working with people who had problems with addictions and wrestled with similar demons I had too. I was starting to become happy again. So today I celebrate 1 year of recovery from depression and suicide and I owe it to you Stephen for giving me a reason to keep going everyday those first couple of months. I might've finished up collecting 6 months ago but now my new goal I have set for myself is to read all of your books. It so far has been an amazing quest, each book is not the same and I love it, I'm entertained all the way to the end. So thank you again Stephen!!!

From your Constant Reader,
Jonathan H.
 

mal

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Welcome Get_Busy_Living, Glad to hear you are okay and moving on. It's always good to have something to hang your hat onto as life is often long and hard. Immersing yourself into SK seems like some good therapy, or, at the very least, a distraction. I always look to a higher power but we haven't been on good speaking terms for a while now. Take care and all the best, mal.
 

Get_Busy_Living

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Jan 21, 2017
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Welcome Get_Busy_Living, Glad to hear you are okay and moving on. It's always good to have something to hang your hat onto as life is often long and hard. Immersing yourself into SK seems like some good therapy, or, at the very least, a distraction. I always look to a higher power but we haven't been on good speaking terms for a while now. Take care and all the best, mal.

I had been struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts since late 2013 up till early 2016 and during those years I thought possibly that my higher power had just turned their back on me. That the only one looking out for my wellbeing was me, which seemed a bit compromised given the fact that I also wanted my own life to be over. It wasn't until recently that I started to talk about my experiences with suicide addiction to other people that have dealt with their own history of addiction, that I came to understand that my higher power was there all along and they pointed out their reasonings. When most of my friends from college turned their backs on me during those dark times that I still had my friends & family at home who were concerned and wanted to help as much as they could. He gave me the courage to be able to open up to my parents and ask for help when I knew that I had lost control and was unable to regain it without some sort of professional help. He made sure that I was not alone and that when I was ready to tell someone about my issues that I'd have the courage to do so.
So as I move along in my recovery, I keep an opened mind that not only am I able to do this but I won't be doing it alone.
 

morgan

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Neesy

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May 24, 2012
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Dear Uncle Steve,

In early 2015 I was admitted to the hospital for major depressive disorder and a suicide attempt. I wish I could say that it was my first attempt but there were countless others before that in which no one knew about until I opened to the doctors at the hospital and they informed my family who were just shocked to hear any of this. While in the hospital a nurse gave me a copy of The Gunslinger in paperback that some prior patient before me left behind. I was a fan of yours prior to being admitted, I owned about 20 of your books in hard and paperback and I had read most of them. So by the time I finished reading The Gunslinger, I was informed that I'd be going home the next day. I also wish I could say I never went back there again, but I'd be lying. After my 5th time in the hospital I knew I needed to do something different, set a goal or objective to accomplish to keep my mind off of wanting to hurt myself. I needed something that was going to be difficult but not stressful and then it came to me when I was sitting in my room just staring at my books. Which author in my collection has the most work and I already know I'd enjoy reading? It was like a neon lighted sign just turned on in my head bearing your name. When I first set out on my quest to own all of your books in hardcover I wasn't in the right state of mind and no one understood why I couldn't just own paperback copies of your work and why it had to be hardcover. I just told them that hardcover had a unique feel to them when the book was in my hands while reading and that I was able to read the print better. But the real truth was that I was looking for something to distract me from my depression and suicidal thoughts. I thought that if I was to own all of your books that it would be too easy & lazy for me to just go to the book store and buy paperback copies of all your work. I would've been done probably within a month and I needed something that was going to be a challenge for me. So I decided hardcovers were challenging to find, at least in Very Good or Like New condition, especially your earlier work. I knew it was gonna be a costly and long journey to find them all but I was determined to do it. Like Frodo setting out to destroy the ring; I had little to no idea if this was going to change anything but I knew it had to be done.
I took inventory of what I owned in hardcover & what I needed and brought my list to my local used book store which the owner and I went over and he pointed out to me which books would be difficult, expensive, and easy to find. Then he showed me to his Stephen King section and showed me what books on my list he had for sale. So I made note of what he had and then went home and jumped on Amazon to see if I could find any of the other ones on my list. It took awhile to find decent enough copies of each of the books but I did and on the 6th month anniversary of my recovery day I got Carrie in the mail and it was the nicest copy I had seen up to that point. I was finished with my quest and I felt like I had finally accomplished something that I had set my mind to. I had also left home a few days prior to getting Carrie in the mail and moved in on my own and got a job working with people who had problems with addictions and wrestled with similar demons I had too. I was starting to become happy again. So today I celebrate 1 year of recovery from depression and suicide and I owe it to you Stephen for giving me a reason to keep going everyday those first couple of months. I might've finished up collecting 6 months ago but now my new goal I have set for myself is to read all of your books. It so far has been an amazing quest, each book is not the same and I love it, I'm entertained all the way to the end. So thank you again Stephen!!!

From your Constant Reader,
Jonathan H.
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Welcome GetBusyLiving
 

koalatea

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I created an account just to reply to this. My whole life (as long as I can remember) I have been in a deep depression and have had no motivation to do anything but I too have been helped by our dearest Stephen King. As weird as it might be I find things that are psychologically thrilling and many would say scary as one of the best distractions for me. I get overly stressed out about things and super sad but as soon as I start reading one of his books I become distracted from what's bothering me in real life. I don't know where I'd be without the help of reading these stories and I couldn't be more grateful
 

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I created an account just to reply to this. My whole life (as long as I can remember) I have been in a deep depression and have had no motivation to do anything but I too have been helped by our dearest Stephen King. As weird as it might be I find things that are psychologically thrilling and many would say scary as one of the best distractions for me. I get overly stressed out about things and super sad but as soon as I start reading one of his books I become distracted from what's bothering me in real life. I don't know where I'd be without the help of reading these stories and I couldn't be more grateful
Welcome to the Board!

That's really great that his books have been a help to you--thank you for sharing that!
 

Spideyman

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I created an account just to reply to this. My whole life (as long as I can remember) I have been in a deep depression and have had no motivation to do anything but I too have been helped by our dearest Stephen King. As weird as it might be I find things that are psychologically thrilling and many would say scary as one of the best distractions for me. I get overly stressed out about things and super sad but as soon as I start reading one of his books I become distracted from what's bothering me in real life. I don't know where I'd be without the help of reading these stories and I couldn't be more grateful
Hi and welcome. Have always felt that SK books were an escape from daily "life". Hope you will do more posting on the SKMB.
 

Dana Jean

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Dear Uncle Steve,

In early 2015 I was admitted to the hospital for major depressive disorder and a suicide attempt. I wish I could say that it was my first attempt but there were countless others before that in which no one knew about until I opened to the doctors at the hospital and they informed my family who were just shocked to hear any of this. While in the hospital a nurse gave me a copy of The Gunslinger in paperback that some prior patient before me left behind. I was a fan of yours prior to being admitted, I owned about 20 of your books in hard and paperback and I had read most of them. So by the time I finished reading The Gunslinger, I was informed that I'd be going home the next day. I also wish I could say I never went back there again, but I'd be lying. After my 5th time in the hospital I knew I needed to do something different, set a goal or objective to accomplish to keep my mind off of wanting to hurt myself. I needed something that was going to be difficult but not stressful and then it came to me when I was sitting in my room just staring at my books. Which author in my collection has the most work and I already know I'd enjoy reading? It was like a neon lighted sign just turned on in my head bearing your name. When I first set out on my quest to own all of your books in hardcover I wasn't in the right state of mind and no one understood why I couldn't just own paperback copies of your work and why it had to be hardcover. I just told them that hardcover had a unique feel to them when the book was in my hands while reading and that I was able to read the print better. But the real truth was that I was looking for something to distract me from my depression and suicidal thoughts. I thought that if I was to own all of your books that it would be too easy & lazy for me to just go to the book store and buy paperback copies of all your work. I would've been done probably within a month and I needed something that was going to be a challenge for me. So I decided hardcovers were challenging to find, at least in Very Good or Like New condition, especially your earlier work. I knew it was gonna be a costly and long journey to find them all but I was determined to do it. Like Frodo setting out to destroy the ring; I had little to no idea if this was going to change anything but I knew it had to be done.
I took inventory of what I owned in hardcover & what I needed and brought my list to my local used book store which the owner and I went over and he pointed out to me which books would be difficult, expensive, and easy to find. Then he showed me to his Stephen King section and showed me what books on my list he had for sale. So I made note of what he had and then went home and jumped on Amazon to see if I could find any of the other ones on my list. It took awhile to find decent enough copies of each of the books but I did and on the 6th month anniversary of my recovery day I got Carrie in the mail and it was the nicest copy I had seen up to that point. I was finished with my quest and I felt like I had finally accomplished something that I had set my mind to. I had also left home a few days prior to getting Carrie in the mail and moved in on my own and got a job working with people who had problems with addictions and wrestled with similar demons I had too. I was starting to become happy again. So today I celebrate 1 year of recovery from depression and suicide and I owe it to you Stephen for giving me a reason to keep going everyday those first couple of months. I might've finished up collecting 6 months ago but now my new goal I have set for myself is to read all of your books. It so far has been an amazing quest, each book is not the same and I love it, I'm entertained all the way to the end. So thank you again Stephen!!!

From your Constant Reader,
Jonathan H.
I'm so glad you are still here to share this with us! Every day is a chance to be something better, to do something better, to try something new. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and make your own music!
 

GNTLGNT

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I created an account just to reply to this. My whole life (as long as I can remember) I have been in a deep depression and have had no motivation to do anything but I too have been helped by our dearest Stephen King. As weird as it might be I find things that are psychologically thrilling and many would say scary as one of the best distractions for me. I get overly stressed out about things and super sad but as soon as I start reading one of his books I become distracted from what's bothering me in real life. I don't know where I'd be without the help of reading these stories and I couldn't be more grateful
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