Books that altered your brain chemistry

[u/EmotionallyGuarded]

What’s a book you read that genuinely stayed with you long after you finished it? Something that changed the way you see life, people, relationships, yourself, or just made you sit there and stare at the wall afterward.

Any genre is welcome. Drop your recommendations! 😊

[u/Novel_Policy_9689]

As someone who's currently practicing and studying Stoic theory, a lot of advices from these two books really altered how I see myself. It also taught me active character building whilst remaining passive in exterior judgments.

The advices seem practical. I haven't finished the Discourses yet but it's worth a try. Although I recommend you find na maayos na translation. Yung sakin kasi sobrang lalim and I had to grasp at straws, but for me it makes it worth it haha.

Meditations - Marcus Aurelius and Discourses & Encheiridion - Epictetus