Have you ever been seriously harmed by reading a book?

[SalixIncendium]

I started reading Stephen King when I was in grade 4. Including the one where the 12 year old kids have an orgy.

And I am still here.

I thought I'd read everything Stephen King. I don't recognize the scene. What book was this?

ETA: Okay, never mind. the question was answered a few posts later. I read It but I don't recall that scene. Though it was many years ago, so it must not have made an impression.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Well they did put guns in bibles back in the day.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Have you ever been seriously harmed by reading a book?

Or even more specifically, have you been harmed by a book you read as a child? Have you ever had to seek therapy? I want to know if any had to tell a therapist about how they were traumatized as a child from a book they read. Adults go to therapy all the time to work out childhood issues, but I wonder how often is is over a book they found in the library.

Anyone got some good stories about that happening to them, or someone they know?

Not me, given that I've read enough and that I seemingly have gotten over anything that I might have found vile or intimidating. Most of such (metaphorically) went down the rubbish chute along with all the ideas and notions that seemed just as unbelievable. The range of 'humanity in action' possibly has to be witnessed to get some understanding of such - but it hardly means we have to be influenced or harmed by this.

 

[Sgt. Pepper]

For the majority of my life, reading the Bible had a detrimental effect on my mental health and emotional well-being. On the other hand, rereading the Bible later in life without the rose-colored glasses strengthened my resolve to renounce my Christian faith and abandon my belief in the biblical God.

 

[Twilight Hue]

For the majority of my life, reading the Bible had a detrimental effect on my mental health and emotional well-being. On the other hand, rereading the Bible later in life without the rose-colored glasses strengthened my resolve to renounce my Christian faith and abandon my belief in the biblical God.

Reality is a far better teacher than fantasy.

 

[JustGeorge]

My son had issues with a book he read at school; I can no longer remember the name. Some type of dystopian novel. I had to set up a time for him to talk with the therapist about it(who agreed he should not have had access to that book at that time).

That doesn't mean that I believe no kid that age should have had access to that book(my younger niece read it and was fine). My son has trouble with mental illness, and is probably less developmentally mature than most of his peers. I had wished a permission slip had been sent home; I would not have signed it. What is okay for one isn't necessarily okay for all.

As for myself, 1984 didn't harm me, but if I pick it up to reread it, folks around me oughta know its an indicator something wrong.