Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

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

90 reviews

avoticat's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

Such a fantastic read. I feel like this is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand more about cPTSD. It is a personal experience mixed in with academic evidence. It can be a tough, emotional read but it's well worth it. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

This is about parental abuse, the culture around it that perpetuates it, the long-term effects of cPTSD, and struggling towards healing

shawnapantzke's review

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Domestic abuse

thoughtsfromtheafro's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

This was a fascinating read as it relates to CPTSD; there aren’t always many books about it out there. The narrative of the author’s experience(s) with her parents needs countless content warnings. The latter part of the book where she details her therapy modalities and audio clips are included is quite helpful for one’s own reflection and consideration in types of healing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Emotional abuse

kerileilareads's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

emlev1995's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

aka_mascha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

rocio07's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Child abuse

iloponis's review

5.0

i need to buy a physical copy of this book so that i can keep it with me at all times and write in the margins and highlight the passages and just love on it. this book saw me and ripped me open 

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Content Warnings

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

jazzybelle17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

cghegan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders