Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

35 reviews

theimposter's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Cancer, and Grief

kayfab's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Body shaming, Bullying, Dysphoria, Medical content, Mental illness, Addiction, Classism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

amberlfaris's review

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Chronic illness

lbelow's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Terminal illness, and Death

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

this book made me experience the full spectrum of human emotion. still sad over some things in it!!! it is a really good book that illustrates how we as humans are so much more than the versions of ourselves that we choose to show and that we all have trauma, we all have good and bad sides, and there are things we all would rather keep hidden.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cursing, Death, Grief, Abandonment, Car accident, Cancer, Death of parent, and Infertility

headinthepages's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Chronic illness, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Abandonment, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcoholism, Child death, Infidelity, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

sjanke2's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Child death, Toxic relationship, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Grief, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

kimveach's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I had heard that this book was good, but I didn't realize how good it was.  It's more than a memoir.  In the book, the author explains her issues and how she worked them out during therapy and her patients' therapies.  She also introduces many psychology concepts in a much more interesting way than a Psychology 101 class.  Be warned:  the terminally ill young woman she works with until her death is life-affirming and heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Addiction, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

erikalv97's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a beautifully written book, it’s really interesting, and the writing style is pretty clever. 

It was a marathon-like experience for me to read this because it brought up a lot of doubts and stuff, but it was an amazing read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Car accident, Child death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Infertility, and Terminal illness

stories's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

An insightful and engaging read. Beautifully interwoven stories. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, and Addiction