Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

291 reviews

wordsbecomeworlds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

3.75

It’s challenging, and graphic, pretty much out of the gate. And at the same time, Stephanie’s vulnerability on sharing her journey inspires hope and optimism for healing. The last part of the book was particularly helpful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide attempt

meganriner's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lavaly_1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Moving and brutally honest to her experiences. Captivated and immersed her narration and truly appreciate her transparency in her processes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

kfish24's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

theinkwyrm's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.5

This was a really strong memoir and I feel like Foo’s background in journalism and radio definitely shows in the quality of her writing. That being said, I listened to this as an audiobook which is why my rating is downgraded half a star. The majority of the narration is great, but the clips of recordings from her therapy sessions are poor quality and most of the time I couldn’t tell what they were saying even when I turned the volume up really loud, which is a shame because those were some of the parts I was most interested in (and also, I find it fascinating how different she sounds in her narration vs. in the recordings). Content-wise, some of this was really difficult to listen to and I found myself frustrated with her parents and with Foo herself at times. It was an interesting, well-researched, and worthwhile read, but not an easy or pleasant experience overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Never have I felt so seen and connected to someone's journey. I was diagnosed with CPTSD due to neglect/emotional abuse by my mother. Stephanie's life is much more traumatic than I will ever know, but it was so powerful. I couldn't stop listening. Her resilience, her story, her words were just so inspiring. If you think you have CPTSD, pick up this book. You will not regret it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mangomerle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

tanihehe's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

daisy2050's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

aliulmen's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse