Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed by Lori Gottlieb

41 reviews

ebreheny25's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.75

This book is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Lori is a great writer and I appreciated how honest she was about her experiences. I loved this book and I love the author even more. This book met me where I was at if I was in the middle of a reading slump. Especially because I’m currently participating in therapy, this book gave me a different perspective of what therapy looks like from both sides of the couch. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse and Death

sweetchocolatez's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Physical abuse

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

awachen's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Abandonment

andreia_melo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

pasupapare's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

a_novi's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I recommend this book to almost everyone but especially if you have an interest in mental health or if you have ever been through trauma that made you consider therapy. I recommend this to people who work in therapy social work or healthcare. It starts off slow and you may say “why do I care about this” but when the author starts drawing parallels between her experiences with that of her patients and experiences with her therapist it’s very interesting and enlightening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol

elizaandstella's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, and of course, I’m obsessed with trying to figure out who John is and what’s the name of his show!

I liked her thoughtfulness and deliberateness with her patients. I liked knowing she is also someone who needs a therapist as well. It’s given me a new lens to look at me in therapy through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

hollydyer328's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I enjoyed this one a lot! Lori Gottlieb is a great writer and takes the reader into the mind of a therapist who is seeking therapy. My main takeaway was that we need to humanize therapists and not expect them to be these unshakeable pillars that can solve all of our problems. Therapists are people with the same life struggles and also need someone to talk to. This is one of the better memoirs I've read in recent times. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

jemmo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail