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

I feel like this book is better suited to someone starting out on a journey of improving their mental health. As someone who's been in therapy for several years, I feel like I didn't get much out of it but that I would've if I was new to therapy.

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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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dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

2.75

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

Great narrator! Very relaxing listen

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

I was inspired by how much the author opens up in this book.
I also thought it was really interesting to delve into the mind of someone who I don’t relate much to and to see how a different culture affects mental health.

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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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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Maybe I'm overrating a bit but it's with a valid reason. This book, short as it may be, did a lot for my mental health. It made me realise my own black-and-white thinking in relationships and it made me feel seen. While I should probably go to therapy sometime soon, this was a great way to learn about my own habits and how to unthink the self-sabotaging thoughts. Very grateful for that. That being said, there was very little talk of tteokbokki or even thoughts of death. I like the personal perspective it provides but I wish there were longer and deeper explorations in between the psychiatrist transcripts. Everything bundled at the end was nice to read but a bit too random. I also struggled to sympathise with the author once the fatphobia started showing. The book itself is absolutely not for everyone and I mainly like it for actually helping me get better but it has many faults. I might check out the sequel though, purely out of curiosity. Really glad I read this!

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