3.5 My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Depression, self-medication, & avoidance

Update: 2023-09-27

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Is it possible to hibernate your problems away?

Our main character - privileged, vain, and traumatised - chooses to sleep for a year to take a break from her life. In our spiciest review yet, we discuss self-medication, unlikable characters, and one of the worst mental heath professionals we’ve ever encountered in fiction.

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3.5 My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Depression, self-medication, & avoidance

Elise Carrotte

3.5 My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Depression, self-medication, & avoidance