The original post: /r/books by /u/nature_and_grace on 2024-05-23 19:56:59.

Hi there, curious to hear some opinions on maybe an unusual question.

I have found that I am highly sensitive to certain types of content when reading; think violence, rape, abuse, incest, etc. And sometimes it doesn’t even have to be that extreme. It can trigger my anxiety, stress me out, put me in a bad mood, etc. The problem is, many of the best books have at least some of this in them.

I realize we all have different degrees of sensitivity to this sort of content, but I am curious how others handle it. Do you skip the section and keep reading? Do you push through it in order to read all of the book?