Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

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

33 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.25

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

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

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

crushedredpepper's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Eating disorder and Alcohol

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Physical abuse

han_amey's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder and Misogyny

I was expecting more depth to this book. Every topic they touched on which I believed could have been interesting they never delved deeper on, and the therapist in the conversations if anything seemed a bit dismissive. The writing just seemed a little lazy, because the short passages of prose were well written, but the majority of the book was just transcripts from the (poorly delivered) therapy sessions.

emg3's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

emotional mysterious

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

nepheloma's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

I think this book has been a bit over hyped. It is a very honest therapy journal, of course, and it definitely gave me insights also about my own mental health. I don't think one should see this as a self help book and I don't think it becomes as deeply introspective as it could.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

risten's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Body shaming, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Classism, Eating disorder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ausra's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

lqne's review against another edition

inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Homophobia, and Sexism

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.