Let's Read “I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokpokki"

Let's have an informal chat about "I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokpokki" by Baek Sehee, which is a book recommended by RM (Kim Namjoon) of BTS! This book was published in 2018 and is 232 pages long. We will also of course have time to catch up on what K-Dramas we are all watching! We hope you can join us!

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 judgmental of others. She hides her feelings well at work and with friends, performing the calmness 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 enough money 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, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the feedback loops, knee-jerk reactions and harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, it will appeal to anyone who has ever felt alone or unjustified in their everyday despair. *Credit to Amazon for this summary.

You can buy this book on Amazon in Kindle or Audible form here.

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This book tackles serious mental health topics. If you or someone you know needs someone to talk to, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 any time of day. The Lifeline provides free and confidential support for people in distress, including prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones.