"People often mistake numbness for nothingness, but numbness isn’t the absence of feelings; it’s a response to being overwhelmed by too many feelings"
This book was not what I was expecting, but in a positive way. I was kind of expecting a classic preachy "self help" book, but what I got instead was a truly vulnerable look at a therapist's patients, and
her own therapy journey. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone did a lot of work to humanize the therapist by putting her own personal struggles on display. It was a unique read because the chapters switched from her personal experience in therapy as a therapist, to her patients journey in therapy. The same way I "root" for characters in a fictional narrative, I rooted for her patients. Her patients humanity and vulnerability mirrored my own and that encouraged me and helped me way more than a self help book on this topic would have.
4/5 stars
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