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sydresnik's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Fatphobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
mangofraiche's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Mental illness, Fatphobia, and Grief
nikenacs's review against another edition
3.0
One thing though - sometimes I found the conversations so weird?? Very often either Sehee or the Psychiatrist will say something that seems completely out of context or out of pocket, and it doesn't get adressdd, and the conversation moves on. And they often change topics super randomly, at least in my perception. Idk if it's the editing, or if they were actually like that?? But it made it feel less real, which broke the whole ~flow~ for me.
Graphic: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
gossameralbum's review against another edition
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Body shaming
Minor: Toxic friendship
sandramarinis's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Bullying, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Dysphoria
kafkatattoo's review
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcoholism
ra22ouille's review against another edition
2.0
Minor: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism
icarusandthesun's review
4.25
so note that my rating conveys just that - how much i identified with the author - and not necessarily how good the book was from a literary or objective point of view.
for me, this was a very insightful read.
while i couldn't relate to every single thing the author struggles with (obviously), i did find quite a few of my own problems and struggles represented.
the therapist's answers and reflections weren't life-changing in and of themselves, but the combination between them and the author's ("the patient's") conclusions made for very thought-provoking chapters and situations.
inspiring if you dare to apply all of this to your life and actually try to 'self-help'.
i do need to mention though that some aspects of the book were a little repetitive, which makes sense, obviously, because one can only have so many struggles to mention and those don't go away once you check them off of your imaginery checklist, but just wanna mention it for the sake of your reading experience.
however, since the book is only around 200 pages long, i think you should be more than fine.
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism
watermelonquokka's review against another edition
1.25
But i still can't help but be disappointed. It may be my experience with excellent therapists that just make it difficult to read what the psychiatrist says.
But even then I feel like this is not the way to go about starting the conversation about mental health and depression. It just leaves way too many things uncommented which I find problematic. Sure, it is autobiographical, the author is still in the process of figuring their mental health out. But especially then I find it irresponsible to simply put it out into the world like that. Just as a transcript of therapy sessions.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I can't help but feel the need to share. This really wasn't it.
Moderate: Alcoholism and Eating disorder
apersonfromflorida's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Body shaming, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Alcoholism and Emotional abuse
Minor: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts