Nico

https://www.goodreads.com/wishdokter

Nico’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3216)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (501)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
archaeology-undergrad-reading‎ (2)
my-childhood-reading-list‎ (88)
sort-thee-sen-out-son‎ (69)
social-justice‎ (62)
healing‎ (61)
history‎ (53)
political-theory‎ (53)
anti-imperialism‎ (48)

imperialism‎ (47)
non-fiction‎ (47)
decolonialism‎ (44)
human-rights‎ (44)
sociology‎ (43)
economics‎ (42)
liberation‎ (42)
politics‎ (42)
revolution‎ (39)
colonialism‎ (38)
empire‎ (36)
culture‎ (33)

anti-racism‎ (32)
radicalism‎ (31)
anti-capitalism‎ (29)
neocolonialism‎ (28)
journalism‎ (25)
anti-fascist‎ (23)
dispatches‎ (23)
government‎ (23)
borders‎ (22)
the-struggle‎ (21)
totalitarianism‎ (21)
education‎ (20)

pedagogy‎ (18)
settler-colonialism‎ (16)
capitalism‎ (15)
socialism‎ (15)
anarchism‎ (12)
archaeology‎ (12)
biography‎ (12)
critical-theory‎ (11)
praxis‎ (11)
theory‎ (11)
language‎ (10)
communism‎ (9)

Stats | More…

Nico’s Quotes

“No event is depressing. I may feel depressed; if so, I take responsibility.”
― Larry Godwin, Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass

tags: anxiety, deeper-understanding, depression, medications, mood-disorders, reference, therapy

43 likes

“Do you hate people?”

“I don't hate them...I just feel better when they're not around.”
― Charles Bukowski, Barfly

tags: humour, misanthropy, paraphrased

13405 likes

“Today I hit rock bottom but didn’t busy myself with activity to take my mind off it, like I usually do. I allowed myself to sink as deep as possible. It’s like an infection: let it run its course and be done with it. Rising, I felt cleansed.”
― Larry Godwin, Transcending Depression: Quest Without a Compass

tags: anxiety, deeper-understanding, living-life, medications, physical-conditions, reference, respect, therapy, truth

39 likes

“Optimism is the first cousin of love, and it's exactly like love in three ways: it's pushy, it has no real sense of humour, and it turns up where you least expect it.”
― Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

132 likes

“In my opinion, our health care system has failed when a doctor fails to treat an illness that is treatable.”
― Kevin Alan Lee, The Split Mind: Schizophrenia from an Insider's Point of View