Quit the job immediately if it is causing you this much stress. Do not worry about your boss, it seems to me if he were worried about you, he would make things better for you. He can always find another to do this job that is making your life miserable.
Life is too short to be miserable.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.