Do You Think It's Okay?

[Heretoaskandansw]

Do you think it's okay to get stuck and obsessed with your favourite books for years and reread them multiple times yet not trying to read new books?

[JimF]

It shows a deep-rooted psychosis which demonstrates a dangerous inability to embrace anything new and to take unnatural comfort in the familiar. Seek professional help.

[Buenchico]

Define "OK".

Some people would say that anything you do, that you enjoy and that doesn't harm others, is "OK". By that definition, re-reading your favourite books multiple times, to the exclusion of all others, is obviously "OK".

However it might not be "OK" from a mental health perspective.

[Heretoaskandansw]

Guys, I can easily embrace "new things" in other matters. I've changed my house a thousand times in my life, I've moved to a new country, I always make new friends, I've tried various jobs and have been quite successful in a few of them. My problem is not the fact that I'm not able to embrace new things. I only seem to have this problem in reading books.

[seekeerz]

Honestly ….no !! I have a small library of favourites I return to, again and again, I usually read at night and if I start something new, I have to go back and reread because I haven’t retained it.

I find some comfort in familiar things and I guess you find the same ….I wouldn’t assess the issue is disturbing at all especially as you’re aware of it …..I think you’ll find a lot of people do similar things.

[William51]

Of course it is okay. I do the same amd reread books after a few years.