{"product_id":"emotional-support-book-bookmark-funny-book-lover-reading-as-self-care-relatable-reader-gift-funny-bookish-gift-bookish-wellness","title":"Emotional Support Book Bookmark | Funny Book Lover | Reading as Self Care | Relatable Reader Gift | Funny Bookish Gift | Bookish Wellness","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeeling things. Prescribed myself a book. Doctor's orders. Do not disturb the treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSomething is happening. The something is not being discussed right now because the treatment has been prescribed and the treatment is in progress and the treatment requires focus and a blanket and the book that was selected with complete clinical precision for exactly this something that is happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe prescription has been filled. The dosage is as needed. The side effects include feelings, crying at unexpected moments, laughing at slightly inappropriate times, and a strong inability to put the book down before the treatment is complete.\u003cbr\u003e\nDo not disturb the treatment. The treatment is working.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ ABOUT THIS BOOKMARK\u003cbr\u003e\nA richly illustrated scene of a cozy reading corner rendered as if it were a therapeutic space — warm and intentional and set up with the specific purpose of making the reader feel better through the most effective treatment available for most of the things that happen to a person which is the right book at exactly the right moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the very top of the composition a handwritten prescription note tacked to the wall above the reading chair — written in a warm confident hand, reading something along the lines of PRESCRIBED: One good book. Dosage: As needed. Side effects: May cause feelings, crying, laughing at inappropriate times, inability to put down. Clearly a prescription. Clearly the correct prescription. Clearly written by someone who has been through some things and knows what works.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe reading chair below the prescription note has been set up with therapeutic precision — the blanket arranged perfectly, the pillow at the ideal reading angle, the lamp positioned for maximum comfort and minimum eye strain. The side table holds the full treatment protocol assembled with care — the book, a mug of tea at the exact right temperature, a box of tissues within reach because this is a comprehensive prescription and the prescriber knows their patient, a candle burning because ambiance is part of the treatment and has been scientifically validated by everyone who has ever felt better in candlelight which is everyone.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe book being read is clearly doing its job. You can tell from the quality of the light in the composition which warms slightly as the eye moves through the scene — the particular amber warmth of a treatment that is working, of a story that is doing what stories do when they are the right ones, which is reach into the specific something that is happening and say yes, I know, here, this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA second book on the side table representing the refill — because sometimes the treatment requires a course rather than a single dose and the prescriber planned ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA small notebook beside the tea for the thoughts that come during treatment — the kind of thinking that a good book shakes loose, the realizations that happen in the margins of reading when the story is working on something you did not know needed working on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cat on the arm of the reading chair performing emotional support animal duties with the gravity of a creature that understands its role in the therapeutic process and takes that role seriously and is also very warm which is part of the treatment.\u003cbr\u003e\nThe prescription is filled. The treatment is in progress. Do not disturb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ BOOKMARK DETAILS\u003cbr\u003e\n— Size: 2.05 inches wide by 6.65 inches tall — Printed on premium card stock — Laminated for durability — water resistant and long lasting — Full color illustration front with matte finish — Arrives ready to use in your current treatment — the book you prescribed yourself for exactly what is happening right now\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ PERFECT FOR\u003cbr\u003e\n— Every reader who has ever self-prescribed a book for something that was happening and been completely right about it — People who understand that the right book at the right moment is one of the most effective treatments available for most of life's somethings — The friend who texts you saying I need a book recommendation it is an emergency and you know exactly what kind of emergency it is — Anyone who has ever finished a book and felt genuinely better in a way that was specific and real and not explainable to someone who does not read — Readers who consider their book collection a wellness toolkit which it is — People who keep a mental list of what to read for what kind of something because the prescription has to be right — Birthdays — specifically the birthday of the friend who always knows what book you need before you know you need it — Holiday gifts — the reader on your list who has gotten everyone through something with a book recommendation at exactly the right time — Treating yourself — you have been feeling things and you prescribed yourself this bookmark and that was the correct clinical decision\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ A NOTE ON THE QUOTE\u003cbr\u003e\nThe phrase doctor's orders is doing something important in this quote — it is taking the act of self-prescribing a book completely seriously, refusing to qualify it or minimize it or call it a guilty pleasure or a distraction. The book is the treatment. The treatment was prescribed by the person who knows the patient best which is the patient. The doctor's orders are correct. Do not disturb the treatment is not a joke. It is a medical instruction. The cat is the nurse. The tissues are the medical supplies. The candle is the therapeutic environment. This is a legitimate clinical situation and it is being handled appropriately.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ THE PRESCRIPTION PAD — COMMON DIAGNOSES AND TREATMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\nFeeling overwhelmed — Prescribed: something cozy and warm with a guaranteed happy ending. Dosage: one sitting if possible.\u003cbr\u003e\nFeeling sad about something specific — Prescribed: something that names the specific sadness precisely. Dosage: as needed with tissues.\u003cbr\u003e\nFeeling restless and unmoored — Prescribed: something with extraordinary forward momentum that makes it impossible to stop. Dosage: until finished.\u003cbr\u003e\nFeeling like the world is too much — Prescribed: something set somewhere else entirely — another time, another place, another world if necessary. Dosage: as long as it takes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeeling numb and disconnected — Prescribed: something that will absolutely make you feel something whether you are ready or not. Dosage: one chapter at a time if needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFeeling fine actually but wanting to feel more — Prescribed: the book that has been on the TBR pile the longest waiting for the right moment. The right moment is now. Dosage: the whole thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ ALSO IN OUR SHOP\u003cbr\u003e\nThis bookmark is part of The Humor Collection — bookmarks for readers who take their reading seriously and themselves lightly. Other titles in the collection include The Alaskan Bear Era, The Goblin Era, The Dragon Era, The Reading Hangover, The Book Budget Era, The One More Chapter Era, The TBR Pile Era, The Feral Reader Era, The Book Club Era, The Book Boyfriend Era, and more. See our shop for the full collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe emotional support book bookmark pairs beautifully with any of our literary fiction bookmarks and our grief and healing reading list bookmarks for the reader who uses books as both comfort and medicine which is the correct use of books and always has been.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ SHIPPING\u003cbr\u003e\nShips within 3 to 5 business days. Arrives in a protective sleeve inside a rigid mailer so your bookmark arrives perfectly flat and ready to use. Consider this shipment part of the treatment. We prescribe opening it immediately. Doctor's orders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e✦ ABOUT OUR SHOP\u003cbr\u003e\nEvery bookmark in our shop is designed and produced professionally by us — made with care in our own studio and printed on premium materials we stand behind completely. We are a small passionate operation and we treat every order like it matters because it does.\u003cbr\u003e\nWe are committed to five star service on every single order — from the moment you click to the moment your bookmark arrives at your door flat and perfect and ready to live inside your favorite book. If anything is ever less than exactly right please reach out and we will make it right immediately. We respond to every message promptly and we mean it — real people, real responses, no automated runaround.\u003cbr\u003e\nThank you for supporting a small independent bookmark maker. It means everything to us and we do not take it for granted. We hope this bookmark finds exactly the right book and exactly the right reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichelle and Julie \u003cbr\u003e\nThe Luna and Loom 📚\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eETSY TAGS:\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Luna and Loom","offers":[{"title":"One Bookmark","offer_id":49291088298228,"sku":"E53","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Set of Three","offer_id":49291088330996,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/4902\/8596\/files\/64df12a3-il_fullxfull.8055068258_bgry.jpg?v=1788192174","url":"https:\/\/thelunaandloom.com\/products\/emotional-support-book-bookmark-funny-book-lover-reading-as-self-care-relatable-reader-gift-funny-bookish-gift-bookish-wellness","provider":"The Luna and Loom","version":"1.0","type":"link"}