Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

23 reviews

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

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Alcoholism

Minor: Domestic abuse

ameliabee33's review against another edition

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

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

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Grief

booksjessreads's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

I was never really bothered about reading this book, but then it came in as a new book for my library and didn't have a queue of holds, so I took my chance and read it. Because of my previous apathy for the book, I didn't really go into this with any expectations, and I did come out of this book having an appreciation for the authors experience, as well as prompting my own self-reflection. I also do enjoy translated fiction, especially when written by women. This did give a good insight into the impact of Korean society on women's mental health.

I think this was a really easy-to-read memoir and it was very fast paced, which concerned me in areas that it was so quick to get through, despite the heavy subject matter. I appreciated that each chapter was not just dialogue between the psychiatrist and the author and was broken up with an introduction and an analysis of the conversation afterwards. 

Despite this though, I did also feel the memoir to be quite average. Not that this book is supposed to be astounding, groundbreaking, or full of fancy prose. However, if it hadn't been so easy to read, I would have just DNF'ed. It also just felt very samey to a lot of the mental health memoirs and fiction that is already out there. There is supposed to be a second book coming out next year, but I feel like this is better as a stand-alone, and it certainly didn't grip me enough to want to read the second one. 

Overall, an average memoir, but I would suggest it as a good read for those new to translated fiction with regards to Korean society and mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

thebookguru's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Interesting and relatable and hopeful book! 

Defo recommend to anyone struggling with mental health issues or you have a mental illness or if you just want to find out more about mental health and what it is like living with certain illnesses. 

Haven’t read a memoir in a long time but glad I managed to finish this!

Also, the title of this book is perfect 😹👏🏽

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, and Classism

cibani's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, and Body shaming

superstar_y2k's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

kittkat's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

Ich fasse mich jetzt lieber kurz, als dass ich gar kein Review mehr schreibe.

Die Autorin hat Gespräche mit Ihrem Therapeuten aufgezeichnet und als Buch zusammengefasst. Zwischendurch wirft sie nach jeder Session = nach jedem Kapitel noch ein paar zusätzlich Gedanken rein und fasst zusammen, was sie aus den jeweiligen Sessions mitgenommen/ gelernt hat. 

• Schreibstil/ Ausdrucksweise war comme çi comme ça

Das Buch war zu ca. 80% aus Dialogen aufgebaut, aber mein Problem war, dass die Autorin (meiner Vermutung nach) die Dialoge abgeändert und komprimiert hat, weil dadurch die Gespräche sehr UNauthentisch waren. Die kurzen zusätzlichen Worte am Ende der Kapiteln haben mich oft aus dem „main narrative“ rausgeholt. Außerdem fand ich‘s sehr nervig, wenn sie bei den Dialogen aus der Vergangenheit noch Kommentare aus der Gegenwart in Klammern dahintergeschrieben hat wie z. B. „(I sound insane)“. Sehr unpassend. 

• „Main plot“ war interessant

 
Ich habe viel Neues gelesen und gelernt. Die Erlebnisse, über die sie erzählt hat, waren sehr persönlich, aber es ist wichtig, dass die Menschheit über solche „unsichtbaren Krankheiten“ wie diese chronische leichte Depression erfährt. 

• Das Ende = Der furchtbar lange Epilog aus 15 Teilen oder so war langweilig und ich habe den Bezug zum Rest des Buches nicht immer nachvollziehen können

• Ich konnte die Gedanken etc der Autorin oft nachvollziehen und verstehen, aber manchmal hat sie sich schon etwas unbeliebt gemacht. Wie sie ständig versucht hat, sich selbst mit versch. anderen mentalen Krankheiten zu diagnostizieren.

Alsooo auf jeden Fall ein interessantes Erlebnis, die Geschichte von Baek Sehee zu lesen. Den ersten Teil (80%) würde ich schon empfehlen und auch selbst nochmal lesen. Den Epilog fand ich etwas unnötig, das hätte sie besser lösen können. ABER benefit of the doubt: Vielleicht lief‘s ja in ihrem echten Leben ja auch nicht viel interessanter und es ginge gar nicht geschickter, VIELLEICHT :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Toxic friendship