I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki

This audiobook-style narration follows Baek Sehee’s therapy reflections as she names the weight of low self-esteem, depression, and relationship anxiety—without pretending there’s a neat, inspirational fix. Instead, the story moves gently, like real healing often does, offering honest language for feelings many people hide.

Across these chapters, Sehee explores how childhood wounds can echo into adulthood, how black-and-white thinking can distort relationships and self-image, and how learning to receive care can be as challenging as giving it. The overall message is not perfection—it’s companionship, clarity, and the possibility of treating oneself with a little more tenderness.

• Listeners who feel worn down by self-criticism, overthinking, or the sense that happiness has become hard to access
• Anyone who tends to people-please, fear abandonment, or lose themselves in relationships and wants gentler, steadier boundaries
• Those curious about therapy-informed self-understanding and practical ways to soften harsh inner standards

Baek Sehee is a South Korean writer known for sharing candid, therapy-based reflections on depression, self-esteem, and everyday emotional survival. Her work resonates for its straightforward honesty and its warm, human permission to struggle without shame.