{"product_id":"i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-conversations-with-my-psychiatrist-9781639732043","title":"I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe internationally bestselling therapy memoir translated by International Booker Prize shortlisted Anton Hur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ME: I don't know, I'm-what's the word-depressed? Do I have to go into detail?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, but 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 favorite street food: the hot, spicy rice cake, tteokbokki? Is this just what life is like? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Recording her dialogues with her psychiatrist over a twelve-week period, and expanding on each session with her own reflective micro-essays, Baek begins to disentangle the harmful behaviors that keep her locked in a cycle of self-abuse. Part memoir, part self-help book, \u003ci\u003eI Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki \u003c\/i\u003eis a book to keep close and to reach for in times of darkness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15460298\"\u003eBaek Sehee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639732043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639732047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002020\"\u003eAsian \u0026amp; Asian American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PSY\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PSY028000\"\u003ePsychotherapy | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SEL\"\u003eSelf-Help\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SEL011000\"\u003eMood Disorders | Depression\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBaek Sehee\u003c\/b\u003e studied creative writing in college before working for five years in publishing. For ten years, she received psychiatric treatment for dysthymia, which became the subject of her essays, and then her debut \u003ci\u003eI Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki\u003c\/i\u003e. Her favorite food is tteokbokki, and she lives with her rescue dog, Jaram. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnton Hur\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Stockholm, Sweden. His translations include Bora Chung's \u003ci\u003eCursed Bunny\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45793348616367,"sku":"9781639732043","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_a991a150-e56e-4f60-9c63-bcc396a14331.jpg?v=1756917095","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat-tteokbokki-conversations-with-my-psychiatrist-9781639732043","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}