Baek Sehee
Experience the reality of living with dysthymia through raw therapy transcripts that reveal how someone can simultaneously hold a deep desire to disappear and a mundane craving for their favorite comfort food.
Acknowledging dysthymia validates the exhausting reality of high-functioning depression, proving that mental illness does not have to be totally debilitating to cause genuine internal suffering.
Constructing an impossibly idealized version of yourself guarantees chronic inadequacy and shame when your true, flawed nature inevitably fails to meet those extreme standards.
Dismantling absolute, black-and-white thinking allows you to accept both yourself and your loved ones as complex individuals who are inherently imperfect but still worthy of connection.