Reviews with content warning for Emotional abuse - Quero morrer, mas também quero comer tteokbokki

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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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Great narrator! Very relaxing listen

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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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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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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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