Baek Sehee

Baek Sehee is a South Korean author who gained international recognition for her deeply personal and candid writing about mental health. In her bestselling memoir, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, she presents the transcripts from twelve weeks of her own psychiatric therapy sessions for persistent depressive disorder (dysthymia). Paired with her own reflective essays, the book documents her struggle with anxiety, self-doubt, and the exhaustion of maintaining a calm exterior, resonating with a global audience for its honest and relatable exploration of everyday despair.