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jessicawarpup 's review for:
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
by Lori Gottlieb
As someone who got into social work because of the challenges people face when dealing with mental health and human emotion, I found this book extremely fascinating and validating. I think everyone could and would benefit from therapy, and Lori does an amazing job at illustrating not only her patients' therapy, but also her own, by delving into things that may seem minute but are actually large concepts that everyone struggles with at some point in their lives, whether they realize there is an issue or not. Then she validates that struggle, because sometimes it is easy to think that something isn't a big deal, because hell, "it's just a break-up" or "others have it worse." I think I may have to buy a physical copy of this book, just so I can highlight and remember my favorite parts.
There’s no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn’t be ranked, because pain is not a contest.
Don’t judge your feelings; notice them. Use them as your map. Don’t be afraid of the truth.
At some point in our lives, we have to let go of the fantasy of creating a better past.
Your feelings don’t have to mesh with what you think they should be.
We talk to ourselves more than we’ll talk to any other person over the course of our lives but that our words aren’t always kind or true or helpful—or even respectful.
There’s no hierarchy of pain. Suffering shouldn’t be ranked, because pain is not a contest.
Don’t judge your feelings; notice them. Use them as your map. Don’t be afraid of the truth.
At some point in our lives, we have to let go of the fantasy of creating a better past.
Your feelings don’t have to mesh with what you think they should be.
We talk to ourselves more than we’ll talk to any other person over the course of our lives but that our words aren’t always kind or true or helpful—or even respectful.