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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
22 reviews
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, and Addiction
provo's review against another edition
5.0
By doing so, she doesn’t try to paint a picture of a miracle healing, but shows, how hard it is to find individual solutions in a dysfunctional medical system where not enough professionals are familiar with this young diagnosis. She elaborates how racism and sexism play a part in c-ptsd and does not shy away from talking about genetics and intergenerational trauma.
At some points in the early chapters the abuse is written quite graphic, so be aware of that, otherwise I’d say it is the perfect book for someone recently diagnosed with c-ptsd or people who are close to someone with this diagnosis. It also has a lot of quotes for follow-up-literature.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Racism
hinatakaname's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Violence, Child abuse, Addiction, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Death of parent
ebonyrose's review against another edition
3.75
I am so impressed with Foo's courage and honesty, and how hard she has worked to understand herself, and to begin to heal. A very solid memoir.
Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse
Minor: Alcohol and Eating disorder
zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, Self harm, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Violence, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death, Alcohol, Rape, Addiction, Police brutality, Bullying, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Kidnapping, Child death, War, Excrement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, and Cancer
asha_m's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Eating disorder and Self harm
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
bi_n_large's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Racism, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and War
Minor: Rape and Death
gabyisafreeelf's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Eating disorder and Body shaming
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
The descriptions of the childhood abuse was palpable, sickening, and incredibly sad. Major content warnings for these scenes, please take care while reading.
The relationships with her parents in her adulthood was also fascinating. How she manages to maintain some contact with her father despite how much he hurt her. We do what we must to find mental and physical safety but how much we can crave love from our parents even if we fear them. It's a constant balancing act and so emotionally exhausting.
I don't know very much about psychiatry and psychology so this aspect of the memoir was a bit over my head but I still followed along. She made it pretty easy for non-experts to understand the different kinds of treatment she sought. This memoir is so sad, reading about Foo encountering so many hurdles and struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing that she was well enough to write this memoir, reflecting on her life does little to lessen the second-hand blow of her life story to the reader. It's heavy heavy heavy.
I wish her the best in continuing to heal and understand herself before and after the trauma.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Bullying, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Hate crime, Ableism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming, War, Incest, and Infertility
negative self-talk, bad therapy experiences, victim blaming.sullle71's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Drug use