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What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller
14 reviews
katrinarose's review
5.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Blood, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship
laurenkimoto's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
the_vegan_bookworm's review
5.0
If you are chronically ill or disabled, I especially recommend this book to you.
This being said, please note the trigger warnings as this book may be difficult to read for some people. Miller discusses the abuse she experienced from her alcoholic father and drug-addicted ex-boyfriend, the nitty gritty of Crohn's (including detailed references to excrement, blood and vomit), medical trauma and ableism of many kinds, and sexual assault.
Graphic: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
Minor: Fatphobia and Racism
gracegeeks's review
5.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, Excrement, Emotional abuse, and Drug use
sierrascha's review
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Drug abuse
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual assault
imstephtacular's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Classism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Excrement, Grief, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Addiction, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting
Minor: Vomit, Terminal illness, Suicide, Sexual violence, Racism, Sexual assault, Self harm, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Miscarriage
kelseyland's review
4.0
Content note, per the author: Hospitalization, sexual assault, physical and emotional abuse, details of bowel disease
Graphic: Chronic illness
Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
kennyrae89's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
spaghettireads's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Medical content, Vomit, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder