All sorts of sorrows

Ms. Wieser and I are both experts in insomnia.
In the images within my mind since childhood, fluffy little lambs never jumped over fences.
Standing on the imaginary meadow were always cunning, worldly old sheep, and when I softly called out "Jump!" in my mind, they wouldn't move an inch.
"You still have to wake up early," the old sheep bleated.
 
╰╮Every unspoken trouble creates a peculiar, melancholic, yet beautiful little world╭╯

 
"Various Sorrows" is a literary anthology that accurately and humorously dissects insomnia, failed confessions, unprovoked annoyances, OCD, aviophobia, and even worse situations.

    Through a gentle, understated, humorous, and slightly absurd writing style, author Marianna Leky describes various troubling situations that fill the daily lives of ordinary people. The articles in the book were first published as a column in the German magazine "Psychologie Heute," including a series of short essays, small stories, and memoirs. Each protagonist's heart is afflicted by various troubles—Ms. Wieser, suffering from insomnia; Mr. Pohl, unable to overcome claustrophobia; Lisa, experiencing the world-shattering pain of a first heartbreak; Mr. Vadim, whose hands tremble uncontrollably… Everyday sorrows afflict every ordinary person striving to move forward in life.
　Under the author's sensitive insight and delicate prose, various psychological troubles are not described as pathological, but merely as a way of "being," allowing readers to empathize with the dilemmas of each character in the book with a curious but friendly eye. It's like a collection of short stories full of imagery, drawing the reader in unconsciously. How to learn to tolerate your quirks, how to get along better with yourself, and how to deal with the deepest cracks in your mind—answers can all be found within.

 

Most people in the world appear neat and tidy, but deep down, their hearts are as cluttered as the space beneath a sofa.