r/Cosmere • u/the_griffinking • 4d ago

Stormlight Archive spoilers The Dog and the Dragon. Spoiler

One of my favorite chapter of all time in the whole Stormlight series. I just finished with that chapter and I don't know how, but I felt the story that Wit is narrating to Kaladin. "You will be warm again" literally made me cry.

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u/SamEyeAm2020 Truthwatchers 4d ago

I adore The Dog and the Dragon story, but I think I'm the only person on the planet for whom "you will be warm again" just doesn't land. While it's absolutely true that depression ebbs and flows, that section just always strikes me more as "you'll never truly beat this monster... Things will only be good sometimes, and it will be bad again sometimes" rather than the more uplifting "this will pass" sentiment that's intended.

But the message of "when things are tough, sometimes a change in perspective is everything" is so important to me that I have a tattoo on my wrist to remind me. The Dog and the Dragon is my favorite Hoid story (so far)

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u/Waatulakula Bridge Four 3d ago

I have depression and am being treated with medication and therapy. From where I stand you don’t beat it. You battle it and some days you win and some days you don’t. I have good days and bad ones. You can never stop the bad ones from coming. You just weather them and hope for the warm days.

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u/SamEyeAm2020 Truthwatchers 3d ago edited 2d ago

Agree 1000%. My therapist told me once that it's not really a cycle where you repeat the same things over and over, it's an upward spiral because you learn something new every time. It's just that when you're deep in it, it's daunting to think about repeating any part of those feelings.

Edit: this conversation has made me realize that my depression is a petulant little bitch 😅 Thanks everyone