Ch 12: I feel like hashtags are too disrespectful for this chapter 😢 #letstryanddothisright #immadatmom #ifeellikeshediminishedthesituation #thatnursesucked #sodidthedoctor #thatsallimgonnasayaboutthat #hashtagbrigade
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Librarybelle Definitely a hard chapter to read today. 1mo
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Bookwormjillk Yup, a toughie. 1mo
kwmg40 Agree with everyone here. This was difficult to read. 1mo
mcctrish Does the dr even know who she is ? How much of his medical practice is for profit ? The mom and her “I knew you weren‘t that kind of girl” not “that was fucking terrifying I should have turned you right around when we got here” 1mo
Cuilin I got halfway through this chapter and put the book down. I don‘t think I can read this right now. I‘m not in the right headspace or something. 1mo
Cuilin @mcctrish oh the mom, she made me so angry. 😠 1mo
ElizaMarie That mother!!! Anyway my heart goes out for our girl. She is struggling 😞 1mo
willaful I'm tempted not to finish as well. 1mo
CogsOfEncouragement I‘m not mad at the mom. I feel like she is worried about her daughter, and this is the medical help of the time. She doesn‘t understand, she wants her daughter better, she is relieved that Esther has said something to allow her to believe she has snapped out of it. Her mom is trying to help. Our mom‘s thought pouring hydrogen peroxide on our scraped knees was helping. 1mo
dabbe So hard to read these last two chapters. It's even harder when you know it's Plath who wrote it. 😞 1mo
Clare-Dragonfly Oof, definitely hard to read. And unfortunately quite relatable (from my memories—I‘m doing emotionally well these days, thank goodness). It seems like all the electric shock “therapy” did was get her moving, without improving her mental state at all. 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @CogsOfEncouragement - I feel bad for the mom, too. This is a time when people didn't understand really even the concept of depression. If you feel sad, stop feeling sad. Her mom is doing what the doctor says, but has no basis to know that what he is saying is complete BS. She knows something is wrong with Esther, but doesn't have any tools to help her. She's struggling in the dark, too. 1mo
BarkingMadRead @CogsOfEncouragement @TheAromaofBooks such good points! I think she annoyed me because I‘ve had people react that way to me when I‘ve been depressed. Like I had no right to be and should just be happy 1mo
TheAromaofBooks @BarkingMadRead - I definitely can see that!! I think I have seen older family members get bullied by medical professionals so I felt a lot of empathy for Esther's mother. He's a doctor so he must be right, even if it doesn't seem right... my grandma suffered for years because she trusted a doctor who was worse than useless because she was poor and uneducated so he must know what's best. 😞 Esther's mom - and Esther! - seem the same way. 1mo
tpixie @BarkingMadRead yes people still don‘t understand that we don‘t control our feelings and can‘t always just “snap out of it” @TheAromaofBooks @CogsOfEncouragement yes I agree the mother didn‘t know better and relied on ‘ the expert doctor‘. We now have more sources to learn what standard of treatment is, although still can be misled by the Internet and some medical professionals… 4w
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