Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

113 reviews

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 against another edition

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

ju_harue's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Essa leitura conversou muito comigo de um jeito que me levou a gatilhos que nem mesmo sabia que poderiam me afetar, mas sobre os quais refleti bastante (e levei a minha própria terapia).
Achei a forma como foi exposto e escrito as histórias e exemplos, foi muito respeitosa e honesta. Acompanhar alguns pacientes em paralelo em como reverbarava na Lori, foi especial, enfim, uma leitura que eu amei muito, apesar de ter sofrido em muitos momentos.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Cancer, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcohol, Stalking, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Alcoholism

hadsbaker's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Cancer, Mental illness, Child death, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

cbeghuin's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Suicidal thoughts

amgarrido's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cancer, Death, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Grief

nikmahie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Loved everything about it. It’s such an honest informative book. I was very invested in the different client stories. And it’s so easy and well written. Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

epellicci's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Incredibly listenable, what makes Maybe You Should Talk to Someone different is that it is presented mostly through Lori’s relationship with her own therapist – Wendall. In this way it stands out from the traditional use of patient case studies to explore the profession. I loved the insight provided by Lori’s conversations with friends, her patients and Wendall, and the nuance this brought to the book. She does a fantastic job of balancing herself as a practitioner and as a human being, at times deeply affected by the lives of those she sees. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is warm and funny as well as full of grief and quiet moments of comfort. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Child death and Mental illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

cturn's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Child death, Car accident, Death, and Cancer

Moderate: Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Suicide