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A review by lachateau
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
Okay… Taking my deep breathe since I wrote this right away after I finished the last chapter of this book. Huh, hah! I don’t know where I found this crossing on my page, I guess when I started to drown on memoir these days, so it suddenly was there and I immediately borrow the book. I am really into psychology book or simply, any media that can support and being a self-help for me and I assure you, this book is one of those God's little hand until I can feel safe all around.
I need help, I realized that I do, so I do many things in order to reach my peace. I believe in my head that no one can help and save me— no matter how our external circumstances, we only have choices about how to live our lives and that, regardless if what has happened, what we have lost, or how old we are. And this book… surprisingly was being the whole light to help me to save myself. I literally need to talk to someone, and I feel like Lori really talked with me throughout these pages. I keep reminding myself that to learn, learn, and learn.. Because no matter how small or big people’s experience, we wouldn’t be there unless them who have been through that situation until they can stand on their ground. She didn’t sugarcoat her words— this is one of the amazing thing I found in this book, it’s not a merely support system, but she guided us to find a inner string of the problem and how we overcome it. Maybe that’s how psychiatrists was taught and learnt for.
Among all the patients or people that came across her life, I can very relate to Charlotte and Julie's situation. I keep finding myself that pathetically giggling, like, oh, it was literally a conversation of me and my therapist! Not forget to mention I eventually learned some of new psychology phrases and phases, my file was full of annotations and highlights. It is really informative for my own health— wether I can adapt it for myself, or helping people around me to come across all the same. Until I started to wonder that when I was almost on the last chapter of this book, I will definitely feel something lose in me.. I don’t want it end.. Just! Yet! I decided to find more memoir books right after since maybe this is what I need right now. I, genuinely, wish Lori Gottlieb a long live.
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone is a based different point of view you might see behind that closed doors. But what thing I amazed in here that— she wrote it accordingly and didn’t put any weigh in each words, so it didn’t affect the readers mood sour. If you need friends or simply, someone to read your unspoken thoughts without the need of revealing or peeling that layer of yours, this book was really made for you.
I need help, I realized that I do, so I do many things in order to reach my peace. I believe in my head that no one can help and save me— no matter how our external circumstances, we only have choices about how to live our lives and that, regardless if what has happened, what we have lost, or how old we are. And this book… surprisingly was being the whole light to help me to save myself. I literally need to talk to someone, and I feel like Lori really talked with me throughout these pages. I keep reminding myself that to learn, learn, and learn.. Because no matter how small or big people’s experience, we wouldn’t be there unless them who have been through that situation until they can stand on their ground. She didn’t sugarcoat her words— this is one of the amazing thing I found in this book, it’s not a merely support system, but she guided us to find a inner string of the problem and how we overcome it. Maybe that’s how psychiatrists was taught and learnt for.
Among all the patients or people that came across her life, I can very relate to Charlotte and Julie's situation. I keep finding myself that pathetically giggling, like, oh, it was literally a conversation of me and my therapist! Not forget to mention I eventually learned some of new psychology phrases and phases, my file was full of annotations and highlights. It is really informative for my own health— wether I can adapt it for myself, or helping people around me to come across all the same. Until I started to wonder that when I was almost on the last chapter of this book, I will definitely feel something lose in me.. I don’t want it end.. Just! Yet! I decided to find more memoir books right after since maybe this is what I need right now. I, genuinely, wish Lori Gottlieb a long live.
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone is a based different point of view you might see behind that closed doors. But what thing I amazed in here that— she wrote it accordingly and didn’t put any weigh in each words, so it didn’t affect the readers mood sour. If you need friends or simply, someone to read your unspoken thoughts without the need of revealing or peeling that layer of yours, this book was really made for you.
I try to wrap around this paradox: self-sabotage as a form of control. If I screw up my life, I can engineer my own death rather than have it to me. If I hide in fear instead of facing what’s wrong with my body, I can create a living death— but one where I call it the shots.
A total solid 5 of 5 ⭐️