What to watch, what to read?

I've been having a little entertainment crisis in recent years. Don't know if it's the cancer thing, though that certainly has exacerbated it, but I can't seem to watch movies or read books that have frightening or painful imagery. They make me unbearably anxious. In our culture, that can really restrict your options. No action films, no war movies, no melodramas of any kind. To accommodate my limitations, I've been watching a lot of crap, like He's Just Not That Into You and I Love You Man, and reading a lot of magazines, all of which is enjoyable but not particularly nourishing. Yoga texts—anatomy and philosophy—appeal to me more in the abstract than in practice. I can snack on them for a few minutes at a time but can't settle in with them for a lengthy feast. And most novels are love stories, which, though compelling, are not relevant to my life as a 59-year-old with a partner of 37 years. Surely there is a genre suited to ladies of a certain age and disposition. I've probably just overlooked it ...