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CuilinI‘m not sure I want to read anymore but I will. It‘s triggering something. Can you get secondhand melancholy from a book?1mo
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ElizaMarieThe part - “It seemed silly to wash one day when I would only have to wash again the next. It made me tired just to think of it.“ - Made me so so sad for her!
@Cuilin I feel a bit of the blahs too after reading this chapter.(edited) 1mo
mcctrishThis might not be the best book for February blahs - I went outside for the first time in days today. I was putting on a bit of a protest against winter and left to my own devices I could have held out longer but my husband was grousing that we had no apples left for his lunch. Or bananas. Or berries. Anyways I went to the grocery store and I survived. I feel Esther‘s pain. Adulting is hard. I don‘t think electric shock is the answer1mo
BarkingMadRead@mcctrish we have like zero food in our house 🤣 I have hated the grocery store ever since Covid, I‘m scarred for life1mo
mcctrish@BarkingMadRead I want to know why the cashiers don‘t bag groceries for you anymore?! It just makes me lose my mind with rage! I‘m spending $260 on groceries in a store, I could go anywhere, I‘ve chosen this one, appreciate my business UGH1mo
BarkingMadRead@mcctrish you need to move to SC 🤣 they bag your groceries and will push your cart to the car and unload them too1mo
willaful@mcctrish They found out how much they could get away with during lockdown. 🤬 I'll never forget the gas station that had closed down its public bathrooms “for your safety“ but of course didn't require masks. Security theater, so much of it.
This was definitely a depressing chapter. Esther seems pretty seriously mentally ill to me, but damn, shock treatment is a lot before trying something else, *anything* else!1mo
BookwormjillkThis chapter was really hard to take.1mo
dabbeHow does this doc only see her TWICE before recommending shock therapy? Was that the 1st answer in the 60s? A very difficult chapter to read. She reminds me in so many ways of Holden Caulfield. 😞1mo
Ruthiella@mcctrish The supermarket doesn‘t bag your groceries? They do here in Southern California. We do have to put them on the conveyor belt ourselves. When I was a kid, the cashier also emptied the cart for the shopper.(edited) 1mo
mcctrish@Ruthiella 🤯 I‘m conducting a poll on FB of what stores bag or if anyone even cares 🤦🏻♀️ my usual store does bag but I went to a store close to home today instead of the one on the way home from school and no bagging, even though I gave her my bins to load1mo
ElizaMarie@mcctrish@dabbe@willaful yeah I don‘t think she really needs ECT (I have treated patients pre and post ECT and—- try something first! ) like 2 doc appointments and they already gave up!?(edited) 1mo
Clare-DragonflyYikes, as I expected—the shrink sucks. Going straight to electric shocks is not wise! Do you really think she‘s going to Chicago? There was something about a stop two blocks from her house. Sadly I just don‘t think she has the chutzpah to do something so bold.1mo
CogsOfEncouragementI finished this chapter after a short walk in the sunshine. Very helpful.1mo
julieclairThis chapter made me so sad. Her depression, the shock treatment, the overall feeling of flatness. Just sad.1mo
tpixie@julieclair yes a very sad chapter.@Cuilin here story and the horrible treatments We still are behind the eight ball 🎱 in testing depression.@dabbe I live in Kansas & the groceries here bagged ( for free) and they will take out your groceries to your car, if you‘d like.(edited) 3w
@Cuilin I feel a bit of the blahs too after reading this chapter. (edited) 1mo
This was definitely a depressing chapter. Esther seems pretty seriously mentally ill to me, but damn, shock treatment is a lot before trying something else, *anything* else! 1mo