Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

What Doesn't Kill You: A Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt by Tessa Miller

4 reviews

atokuyama's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Grief, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Chronic illness

Moderate: Blood, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Addiction, Death, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny, Ableism, and Gaslighting

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

4.0

Why isn’t heart wrenching an option for the mood of the book??

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Content Warnings

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

chronicallyplotting's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

This is a slow paced memoir of Tessa's struggle to get diagnosed and treated with Crohn's Disease. It also highlights how the disease has affected her family, work and romantic relationships. 
Overall good memoir. A little political at times. Author also offers very little insight to help others struggling with chronic illness or the healthcare system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Excrement, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Sexual assault

imstephtacular's review

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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