I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

by Baek Se-hee

Because there’s really no end to worrying once you set your mind to it.

Extremes tend to connect. For example, people who appear arrogant tend to have low self-esteem. They keep trying to get others to look up to them. But if someone has high self-esteem, they don’t really care what other people think about them.

Me: Is my binge eating also relevant here? Psychiatrist: It is. Because when your life satisfaction falls, it’s natural to retreat into primitive measures. And eating and sleeping happen to be our most instinctive base measures.

When you’re having a hard time, it’s natural to feel like you’re having the hardest time in the world. And it’s not selfish to feel that way. Just because certain conditions in your life are relatively better, it doesn’t mean you’re better off in general.

Nothing frightens me more than the thought of someone mocking me while I suffer in pain.

Once your new experiences start overwriting your old ones, your view of yourself and others may become far brighter than it is now.