media i have consumed as of late

my brain has only been like 20% working this past month; i think i reread the first two chapters of this one book like eight times and still couldn't really grok it??? weird.

anyway in lieu of books i mostly devoured other things; here are some rambling thoughts on 'em~

The Bright Sessions (podcast)

Radio play-style podcast, structured as "recordings" of therapy sessions between Dr. Joan Bright (a normie human psychiatrist) and her "atypical" patients (who have a range of powers—one's an empath, one's a mind-reader, one's a time-traveler, etc).

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In Treatment (TV)

The show's setup: Paul is a psychotherapist. Each episode is a half hour, and corresponds to one appointment with a patient. There's five episodes per week, Monday through Friday, and each day always features that day's patient (so Mondays you see Laura, Tuesdays you see Alex, etc). Also, on Fridays, Paul goes to get some therapy himself, from his old boss/mentor, this badass retired lady, and okay sorry I'm editorializing right now in what's SUPPOSED to just be the summary but suffice to say Fridays are extremely interesting lol.

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Sick Girl by Amy Silverstein (book)

Memoir written by a woman who developed a sudden sickness at age twenty-four, leading to a heart transplant (& all the associated baggage that such a transplant entails).

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