Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

59 reviews

elizaandstella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Car accident, Medical content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Mental illness

tracy_j's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

It took me awhile to read this book but that's because I was absorbing so much. I think therapy is so valuable and Lori did an amazing job covering so many aspects of it. I could see myself reading this book again which I don't say often. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Addiction, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Child death, Mental illness, and Grief

melincincy23's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse

roveronez's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a great book! Lori Gottlieb talks about her life, how she became a therapist, and her struggles as well as the life challenges of her patients in such way that we feel like we're reading a novel. So many insights, the kind of book that naturally teaches you so much about psychology and gives you tools to cope with your own struggles without sounding like a "self-help" book. I loved it! ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Miscarriage, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Abortion, Alcohol, Cursing, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Alcoholism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, and of course, I’m obsessed with trying to figure out who John is and what’s the name of his show!

I liked her thoughtfulness and deliberateness with her patients. I liked knowing she is also someone who needs a therapist as well. It’s given me a new lens to look at me in therapist through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Car accident, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Self harm, Stalking, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Cancer, Terminal illness, Drug use, Death, Chronic illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Infertility, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

mariamarsbar's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Cancer, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage, Child death, and Death

Minor: Car accident, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

barie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Cancer, and Child death

sapphicbookworm23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

As of 9/15/23, this is my 2nd favorite book of the year, second to Pleasure Activism.

As an aspiring psychotherapist, this book gave me an intimate glimpse into the tender, dynamic, and evolutionary client - therapist relationship. I think anyone who appreciates raw, authentic, and deep human connection and honesty will appreciate this book. We all have unique an often painful stories and histories that we carry with us, yet it's so rare for others to learn about them and hold space for them. This book gently forces you reflect on your own life, how you're living in ways that don't align with your values, and a reminder that life is so short. If we knew we had only a few months left to live, most of us would change our priorities and behavior entirely - how can we do that NOW until waiting for our death to near?

Memorable quotes:

Page 332: "The inability to say no is largely about approval-seeking - people imagine that if they say no, they won't be loved by others. The inability to say yes, however - to intimacy, a job opportunity, an alcohol program - is more about lack of trust in one-self. Will I mess this up? Will this turn out badly? Isn't if safer to stay where I am?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Medical content, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, and Car accident

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Death

cylite's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Chronic illness

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Death of parent