[And that's when Henry's face falls into a horrified look. All of that just sounded awful. None of it sounded good and he knows for a fact it never did. One of his books stories being something akin to forgetting about love and pain and all that's left is...]

That sounds worse though! Not feeling anything at all or being able to sleep or eat! You can't just go for a solution that makes you hurt less. It'll lead you to doing bad things. And you'll only hurt yourself more later for it.