Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

34 reviews

meliroo's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Excrement

nhackley's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Addiction, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

paperlessprinter's review against another edition

informative reflective

4.0

I also have Crohn's but it's not as bad as my mental illness. It was interesting to read it from both sides. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma

atokuyama's review against another edition

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

gloriabyrd's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Medical trauma

rockyroadbutch's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Grief

creativerunnings's review

hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Ableism

skillwithaquill's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Excrement, Chronic illness, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Rape

rowynoconnor's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder

bayleereads's review

challenging informative sad medium-paced

4.0

I finished this one a couple weeks ago and still haven’t written a review because I have so many thoughts about it. I found this book to be an excellent hybrid of memoir and advice. Tessa is articulate and clear about what chronic illness patients go through. It also contains a wealth of information that can be useful to someone newly diagnosed and even to some who have been ill for years (like myself). It's very graphic and very honest, and I think every Spoonie can relate in some way to this book, whether you suffer from IBD or other types of painful invisible illnesses. While I did love it and found it informative and relatable, I did find myself skimming through some of the repetitive and preachy parts. Overall, I definitely recommend :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism