I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: the bestselling South Korean therapy memoir

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Buatku pribadi, buku "sulit" dituntaskan. Bukan karena nggak bagus, tapi sesi tanya-jawab penulis dan psikiater ini bikin perasaan nggak nyaman. Esai yang ditulis penulis ini mungkin sebenarnya dekat banget sama keseharian aku pribadi. Dan perasaan penulis yang dituangkan dalam buku ini mungkin merupakan pertanyaan-pertanyaan yang selalu ada di benakku. Seperti buku pertamanya, di buku kedua ini Baek Se Hee kembali menuliskan pengalaman dan perasaannya selama ia mengalami distimia-depresi ringan yang terus menerus- yang sudah dialaminya selama 10 tahun, ia juga kembali menuliskan percakapannya saat ia melakukan konseling dengan psikiaternya. I wonder about others like me, who seem totally fine on the outside but are rotting on the inside, where the rot is this vague state of being not-fine and not-devastated at the same time. The world tends to focus too much on the very bright or the very dark; many of my own friends find my type of depression baffling. But what’s an ‘acceptable’ form of depression? Is depression itself something that can ever be fully understood? In the end, my hope is for people to read this book and think, I wasn’t the only person who felt like this; or, I see now that people live with this.’ I also got new information for myself. That the author's treatment lasted for more than a year. Previously, I thought that the consultation conducted by the author with a psychiatrist doctor was about a few months or maybe 1 year. But until the following year it turned out that the author continued to carry out the treatment. *I'm sorry that I'm still unfamiliar with mental health.

Baek Se-hee spoke about her mental health in such a candid way. Although she didn’t shy away from revealing the difficult and dark parts of her experiences, and herself, she also filled this book with so much light. perasaan yang aku alami saat membaca buku kedua ini berbeda dengan saat aku membaca buku pertama. Di buku pertama, aku merasa kalau aku gak sendirian dan cerita Baek Se Hee sedikit banyak memberiku harapan untuk mencari pertolongan. Di buku kedua ini, aku malah merasa bahwa dunia itu berat, bahkan bisa dibilang berat sekali untuk dijalani bagi orang-orang yang mengalami masalah mental seperti Baek Se Hee, untuk menarik napas saja rasanya sesak sekali. Buku kedua ini juga menyentuh sisi lain diriku yang awalnya aku pikir gak ada.

The internationally bestselling therapy memoir translated by International Booker Prize shortlisted Anton Hur. Yup!!! It turns out that the content of this book is more of a note or journal from the author after finishing a consultation with a psychiatrist. An essay that he wrote based on his own life story. How he - the author - struggles with his illness.

Buku ini adalah kelanjutan dari buku sebelumnya dengan judul yang sama. Isi buku adalah percakapan konsultasi antara Baek See Hee (penulis) dengan psikiaternya. Format yang dipakai di buku kedua ini juga sama dengan buku sebelumnya yaitu dengan bentuk percakapan. Sesekali diselingi essay singkat untuk memulai b I think one of the most important lessons that I learned from this book is that there is only one "you" in this world, and you are special in your own way, regardless of what happens. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokpokki is a book originally written in Korean, about a woman diagnosed with dysthymia. Baek Se-hee wrote the dialogues during her sessions with a psychiatrist, and included her inner thoughts on how she wants to love herself better.

Satu kata itu, distimia, sebenarnya sangat "akrab" buatku pribadi sejak awal tahun ini. Terus, baca percakapan si penulis saat konseling dengan psikiaternya bikin berpikir banyak. Mungkin beberapa orang nggak bakal terlalu gimana saat baca, tapi buatku pribadi sih ya kayak banyak ruang privasiku yang terasa dihunjam. Paling suka ketika penulis selamat dari kecelakaan yang membuatnya "bersyukur". To learn about and imagine the emotions that I don’t understand or immediately empathise with: that is the affection I extend to others, and the only way to ensure that what’s inside of us doesn’t dry up or rot…’ i get why therapists might review this and rate it low, but as someone who just wanted to be a fly on the wall and absorb this book for what it is (a transcript of client/therapist conversations), i really did enjoy it. i won't be following the advice to a t, but i did think it was very interesting to see how different the culture is in Korea versus America and how the author's insecurities and societal pressures differ from--or are similar to-- mine. it was inspirational to see how i could advocate for myself/my experiences, and i thought the nuance was interesting that depression doesn't always mean being suicidal and it can manifest in other ugly ways. the fact that this was a hard story for this author to tell probably proves why it should exist, especially in its native country/language. In this second book. The author tells a process of accepting herself as she is and how to love herself more. The acceptance of herself and the fact that everything needs a process is told in her second book. I was just curious why this book is known for its 'self-love' content even though the title has the name of food. Lol.