we laughed, we cried, we cheered, we threw up, we learned, we fell in love. tell me why i thought this was going to be a fun little rom com!!!! (it wasn’t)

i don’t think there will ever be a book I can relate to more. so much of her high school experience felt so real to me. my therapist and i are discussing how worrying about others’ perception of me affects my ability to function like a normal fucking person, and the last 25% of this book hit the nail on the fucking head. every now and then i experience small bouts of such debilitating embarrassment of living through the stupid things people did or said to me in high school/after, but this book has helped me see things from an outsiders perspective.

i actually see my therapist tomorrow and can’t wait to talk about this with her (she’s going to point out that i can only treat myself w kindness if i first can empathize with someone else’s similar situation… smh)