Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

35 reviews

kartoffel_00's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

From an objectively lense this isn't really a masterpiece or anything. But what this book definitely is, is that it's honest and comforting. 

Its vivid and repetitive just like the state of a mind dealing with depression and anxiety. 

Just like the author mentions in one of the essays how they hate being told to cheer up and would rather someone listen to them and empathise, reading this book I felt that someone could empathise with my struggles too. 

My only regret with the book is that I could have read it slower to take things in more properly but as I connected with the subject matter a lot that proved a struggle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

Extremely, extremely brief mention of

domestic abuse, toxic family members and homophobia

hopefulockey's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Great narrator! Very relaxing listen

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Classism, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Lesbophobia and Homophobia

robinks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.0

The concept was cool, but in practice, I didn’t like how the book was arranged. Each chapter was a random combination of commentary and conversation, making it hard to follow at times, and it was unclear what the timing of the sessions looked like relative to each other. Also, the last chapter suddenly switched gears into short essays, which I didn’t like. Additionally, as a therapist myself, Sehee’s therapist was giving so much advice and perspective packaged as truth that I did not agree with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Dysphoria, Body shaming, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Eating disorder, Abandonment, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War, Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia

reubenlb's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

everyone complaining about how bad the therapist is when when it was an uncannily accurate portrayal of my nhs therapy experience - i wish there was more of the postscript reflection, but i think that might have been another book then

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Emotional abuse and Domestic abuse

ameliabee33's review

dark emotional

4.25

As someone who has struggled with mental health, reading Sehee's own struggle and her personal thoughts throughout her appointments was as deeply triggering as it was deeply freeing. I felt extremely seen by this book. I saw, what I consider, the worst parts of myself in her. I was shocked to hear that I have never had an original/singular experience 😅 I am truly, and honestly, not alone. 

I can't say that this was particularly an enjoyable read for me. While I felt very much seen, and represented, like I mentioned it was somewhat triggering for me. Sehee isn't incredibly likable but she is incredibly raw. She doesn't hold back from being an unlikable narrator, her thoughts are not always good and filled with a desire to do better. Sometimes mental health is ugly. Healing is ugly. The way to being better is ugly.

I believe that this is a great book for those who want a deeply personal look at mental health, mental health in women, and the road to improving (whatever that looks like). 

Please read the tws though before reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Emotional abuse

danimcthomas's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Body shaming, and Physical abuse

The whole of this book discusses severe mental health issues. Avoid if that’s a trigger for you.

ruthhelizabeth's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, and Addiction

hello_lovely13's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

meaghanbethany's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

2.5

I am not in the habit of 'diagnosing' others, however, all throughout this book I couldn't get out of my mind that she may have been misdiagnosed; which seems to be a common thread in other reviews too. I am diagnosed autistic, and if you'd have removed references to the name of her condition, I would have sworn this was a book about Autism. I hope this can be considered for her. 

Some favourite lines: "I want to march and hold hands with those who feel similarly to me", "I have trouble both accepting my own darkness and throwing myself into the light"

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

nikexistiertnik's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

this was way too relatable for my taste and reminded me again and again that i REALLY need therapy.

i appreciated the psychiatrist's note, because there were moments, when their counselling irritated me - although i probably have to remember that i'm in a completely different country and therapy might just be different in germany.

my emotions are all over the place, i'm really happy i finally read it, and i'm thankful to my teacher for lending me the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Drug use, and Emotional abuse