Weird question maybe but I find myself being so sensitive at times that I have to put down the book I’m reading and wait some time before I read again.
It can be for example when it all is looking dark and I don’t think thing are going to turn around. It’s silly I guess but I feel so overwhelmed and nervous that I need a break at times.
I’m reading the last chapter in Simon Scarrows book The honor of Rome. Reading the last chapters and I just know things are going to go bad. Or at least I fear it will so I have to take a break before reading again.
I know it’s silly but wondered if someone else felt the same at times.
If I’m going through a particularly hard time, I’ll put an emotionally difficult book down and read something else. Reading is my leisure activity, a way to relax, and an escape, there’s no sense in making it an emotional slog. Of course, when I’m in a better headspace, I’ll pick it back up, because often the emotionally punchy works are the most rewarding to read.