I started using Shadowscapes while my husband was undergoing some rather vicious chemo for aggressive stage 4 cancer that was expected to be lethal within the year. That deck taught me not to fear the Tower, Death, 8-10/Swords...basically all the "negative" cards. (The 3/Swords is actually the worst from a graphic standpoint, so make sure you can handle that image.) Even more importantly, it has taught me to accept positive readings too. It's taught me hope, though I still have to relearn that one regularly--my fault, not the deck's!
Though things have quieted down significantly since this time last year, it's still my daily deck, and the one I take the majority of my readings to. I use both paper and the digital app version on my iPad. Having the app negates much of the "too small" issue with the artwork.
(And hubby's fine now, though we'll obviously be on guard for some time yet. Shadowscapes actually told me he'd be fine six months before it showed on any scans...that reading was startling in its clear message of hope and a positive ending to that turn of the Wheel. I wouldn't have read the same cards the same way with another deck, but with Shadowscapes, it was impossible NOT to read it as a positive, even with my naturally pessimistic nature. The more I learn to use other decks, the more I still marvel at it.)
I do also find Tyldwick to be soothing for me in a very different way, due to the absence of people. But a lot of people find it both depressing and hard to read.
And oracles are another way to go. The Druid Animal & Plant oracles have been constant friends through this period. And recently, I added the Messenger Oracle to my collection. It's very uplifting.