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I’ve been using this series as an audiobook I can listen to while completing chores. I’ve described it before as a series that hasn’t made me want to sit down and listen. I’ve been content listening to it through the background noise of dishes or during the monotony of laundry. This is to say that it is barely interesting. Now that I’m on book 2, I cant gaslight myself any further. DNF.

Beck’s therapist reveals she is a hyper-sexualized narcissist. Is this unreliable narration or true?

Is this related to having two people obsessed with her (Peach and Joe)?

The creepiness of Joe’s actions are really felt and more accurately absorbed in the absence of Penn Badgley’s confusing charm.

Epigenetic trauma: trauma is passed down through generations and affects gene expression.

Trauma genograms: family trees focused on trauma.

Rejection causes pain. Research has shown humor mitigates pain.

Thought-provoking quote of this segment: “I stopped caring so much whether I got a “yes” or “no”. Which meant, I supposed, that I was starting to care a bit less about what other people thought of me. And it was liberating”.