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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
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This memoir was a little different then I expected. I almost feel like there wasn’t enough therapy for what I was expecting in the title if that made sense?
It was a lot more focused on her life, and then when she went back to therapy - I honestly felt like the recalling of those sessions was somewhat surface level? I don’t know if that makes any sense.
It was a lot more focused on her life, and then when she went back to therapy - I honestly felt like the recalling of those sessions was somewhat surface level? I don’t know if that makes any sense.
One of the best books I’ve read in a while….I couldn’t put it down. It’s a memoir that reads like a novel. Refreshingly raw and honest. I LOVED IT.
I had high hopes for this book but as I kept reading, they kept diminishing. I find the main character's relationship with her psychiatrist and her group therapy very uncomfortable and odd. She is an adult in her 20s and then in her 30s who is heavily dependent on them. She sees them 3x a week and reports every single detail and secret in her life to them- including intimate sex details. It is disturbing that this is a memoir and the author is a mommy blogger who would not take down her content when her daughter asked her to when she found out she was writing about her. TW: the main character has an eating disorder.
I feel so normal, well balanced and productive as a human being after reading this book. I could not relate, it was like staring into an aquarium. Actually I was going to use the word “zoo”, but that feels demeaning. Kudos to the author for the brave baring of her soul and misadventures.
After reading this book, I could not be dragged into group therapy by ten wild horses. Not that I have ever felt enticed, but now I am definitely put off. The eventuality author paid for THREE group sessions a week, for years! Sure, a great cure for loneliness, but at $70 an hour? It did not feel like that was money well spent.
If you can look past the dubious relationships developed in the group and between the members and the therapist, this is quite entertaining. Plus, you will feel so great about yourself and your beautifully normal life and sanity, by sheer comparison. However, I’m left with a clingy, disturbed feeling. There was just too much intimate information and dysfunction.
After reading this book, I could not be dragged into group therapy by ten wild horses. Not that I have ever felt enticed, but now I am definitely put off. The eventuality author paid for THREE group sessions a week, for years! Sure, a great cure for loneliness, but at $70 an hour? It did not feel like that was money well spent.
If you can look past the dubious relationships developed in the group and between the members and the therapist, this is quite entertaining. Plus, you will feel so great about yourself and your beautifully normal life and sanity, by sheer comparison. However, I’m left with a clingy, disturbed feeling. There was just too much intimate information and dysfunction.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief
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emotional
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inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This was a very interesting memoir to say the least lol definitely the most raw and personal one I’ve read so far. I felt really mixed feelings about her therapist and what felt like a codependency she had with him & her group mates. It felt wrong that he kept suggesting Christie to join another group (she ends up in 3 group therapy groups) while knowing she has a high high paying job as a lawyer while Christie shares that each therapy group each week is pretty pricy. If I’m remembering correctly she shared earlier on that she needed to take out a small loan to pay for her first few visits which is mind boggling to me that she would keep joining new groups at her therapist’s recommendation. Dr. Rosen reminded me of Dr. Ike from Apple TV’s “The Shrink Next Door” — her recommended Christie stay in a toxic relationship bc he wanted her to learn from it ……… idk that just felt manipulative lol
Overall some parts left a bad taste in my mouth while some bits were just so real and I felt myself empathizing deeply with her. It was interesting seeing how childhood trauma impacts your life as we all probably know by now haha I personally liked “maybe you should talk to someone” a lot more (it’s a memoir written by a therapist who seeks therapy after a very difficult shift in her life)
Wouldn’t recommend tbh
This was a very interesting memoir to say the least lol definitely the most raw and personal one I’ve read so far. I felt really mixed feelings about her therapist and what felt like a codependency she had with him & her group mates. It felt wrong that he kept suggesting Christie to join another group (she ends up in 3 group therapy groups) while knowing she has a high high paying job as a lawyer while Christie shares that each therapy group each week is pretty pricy. If I’m remembering correctly she shared earlier on that she needed to take out a small loan to pay for her first few visits which is mind boggling to me that she would keep joining new groups at her therapist’s recommendation. Dr. Rosen reminded me of Dr. Ike from Apple TV’s “The Shrink Next Door” — her recommended Christie stay in a toxic relationship bc he wanted her to learn from it ……… idk that just felt manipulative lol
Overall some parts left a bad taste in my mouth while some bits were just so real and I felt myself empathizing deeply with her. It was interesting seeing how childhood trauma impacts your life as we all probably know by now haha I personally liked “maybe you should talk to someone” a lot more (it’s a memoir written by a therapist who seeks therapy after a very difficult shift in her life)
Wouldn’t recommend tbh
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