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THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER
PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?
ME: I don't know, I'm – what's the word – depressed? Do I have to go into detail?
Baek Se-Hee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her – what to call it? – depression? She feels persistently low, anxious, endlessly self-doubting, but also highly judgemental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends; adept at performing the calmness, even ease, her lifestyle demands. The effort is exhausting, overwhelming, and keeps her from forming deep relationships. This can't be normal.
But if she's so hopeless, why can she always summon a yen for her favourite street food, the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like?
Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a 12-week period, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviours that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki is a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness.
Published | Jun 23 2022 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 176 |
ISBN | 9781526648051 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Series | I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
At once personal and universal, this book is about finding a path to awareness, understanding, and wisdom.
Kirkus Reviews
Honest and authentic throughout . . . A sincere attempt at self-discovery that will resonate with young people who suffer from similar forms of depression and anxiety.
Library Journal
Candid . . . heartfelt . . . Sehee's mission to normalize conversation about mental illness is an admirable one.
Publishers Weekly
A testament to the gradual nature of therapy's cumulative healing effects, I Want to Die should resonate with anyone who eagerly transcribes every nugget of advice they get.
Buzzfeed
Earnest . . . clever . . . [Baek Sehee] uses months of (real) transcripts from her therapy sessions to explore her own depression and anxiety, always tiptoeing toward something like self-awareness.
Chicago Tribune
An eye-opening view into a person's most vulnerable moments in a new way.
Cosmopolitan
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