Learning to Make Peace with Yourself

Psychology, psychological healing

This novel is based on a true story. I'm a male nurse in a mental health department, and the idea for this book came to me after being inspired by one of my patients. To protect the patient's privacy, all names in this work are fictional! I hope this book can help more people like the heroine and free them from the torment of life!

We all have our flaws. There's no need to pursue perfection in everything. We need to learn to turn a blind eye now and then, make peace with ourselves, and make life better!

Protagonist: Su Wanqing, 58

A renowned businesswoman who built her career from nothing in her early years. Sharp, capable, fiercely proud, and a perfectionist who insists on getting everything right. After a lifetime of hard work, she retires in comfort, then takes it upon herself to care for her son's whole family, looking after the children and doing all the housework. Years of suppressing her feelings and exhausting herself leave her with severe insomnia, anxiety, and mild depression. Her family all think she's making a fuss over nothing, and no one understands or cares for her. In the end, heartbroken, she checks herself into the hospital alone and refuses all family visits. She recovers on her own, lets go of her obsessions, learns to forgive herself, and lives the rest of her life for herself.