Baek Sehee

THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLERTRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' RedPSYCHIATRIST: 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 Sehee 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 desire 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.

PSIQUIATRA: ¿En qué puedo ayudarte?YO: No sé cómo empezar; digamos que estoy un poco deprimida.¿Tengo que entrar en detalle?Baek Sehee, una joven y exitosa directora de redes socialesde una editorial, decide acudir a sesiones de terapia por su. ¿como llamarla? ¿Depresion?Todo el tiempo esta decaida, ansiosa y con la autoestimabaja, pero tambien juzga mucho a los demas. Disimula muy bien sus sentimientos enel trabajo y frente a sus amistades, ya que se las ingenia para aparentar lacalma y la tranquilidad que le exige su estilo de vida. El esfuerzo esagotador, abrumador y le impide crear vinculos profundos. Esto no puede sernormal. Pero si esta tan desanimada, ¿por que siempre tiene antojo de su comidacallejera favorita, el plato de pasta de arroz caliente y picante llamadotteokbokki? ¿Se supone que asi es la vida?Mediante las grabaciones de las conversaciones con supsiquiatra a lo largo de doce semanas y la escritura de sus propiosmicroensayos reflexivos despues de cada sesion, Baek empieza a desentrañar lasrespuestas, las reacciones instintivas y los comportamientos nocivos que lamantienen atrapada en un ciclo de autoagresion. A caballo entre memorias ylibro de autoayuda, Quiero morir, pero tambien comer tteokbokki es ideal para leeren los momentos de oscuridad. Cautivara a cualquier persona que alguna vez sehaya sentido sola o injustificada en su desolacion cotidiana.Candido y conmovedor. La mision de Sehee de normalizar lasconversaciones en torno a las enfermedades mentales es admirable.PUBLISHERS WEEKLYPersonal y a la vez universal, este libro propone encontrarun camino hacia la conciencia, la comprension y la sabiduria.KIRKUSUna lectura honesta y autentica. Una obra sincera deautodescubrimiento que resonara entre los jovenes que sufren formas similaresde depresion y ansiedad.LIBRARY JOURNAL

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PRE ORDER THE SEQUEL I WANT TO DIE BUT I STILL WANT TO EAT TTEOKBOKKI NOW THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside RedPSYCHIATRIST 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 Sehee 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 desire for her favourite street food the hot spicy rice cake tteokbokki Is this just what life is like Recording her conversations with her psychiatrist over 12 weeks 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 h

The sequel to the Sunday Times and international bestselling South Korean therapy memoir translated by International Booker Prize shortlisted Anton Hur AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES & INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Starkly raw and vulnerable Glamour When Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist her hope was to create a reference for herself She never imagined she would reach so many people especially young people with her reflections I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki became a runaway bestseller in South Korea Japan China and Indonesia and reached a community of readers who appreciated depression and anxiety being discussed with such intimacy Baek s struggle with dysthymia continues in I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki And healing is a difficult process the inner conflict she experiences in treatment becomes more complex more challenging With this second book Baek Sehee reaches out to hold the hands of all those for whom grappling with everyday despair is part of a lifelong project part of the journey Reader Reviews Important and necessary and bold I know this book will help others as much as the first suzannahslibrary Many of us need this right now abibeauty12 It s an honour and a privelege to walk alongs

SEQUEL TO THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR Baek Sehee could never have predicted how many people I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki would reach across the world A runaway bestseller in South Korea Japan China Indonesia and the UK this record of conversations with her therapist demonstrated the realities of anxiety and depression in a uniquely intimate way But Baek s battle with dysthymia did not end there Grappling with mental health is an everyday struggle In I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki Baek s experiences become more complex as she demonstrates that striving contentment is an ongoing journey