Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

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

207 reviews

adelle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

jburkespraker's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Not sure what to add as a trigger warning because there a so many. I loved the short chapters and the way she pulls the audio recordings in at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Genocide, Violence, Suicide, Abandonment, Car accident, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, Racism, Child abuse, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

frenchpants's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

jayasilog's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

i cried and i cried and i cried, so grateful to the author for being able to share her story and perspective especially as a seasian woman under capitalism!!!! so good!!!! i read the body keeps the score but this was a book that i actually felt like i learned and loved bc i felt seen!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

bedroominarles's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

felishacb's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

catandherbooks's review

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I know what a lot of people say about rating memoirs, that you can't define a person's life and story with stars and numbers but as I was reading this I felt something. Not The Dread but something like dread, a heaviness on my heart and an ache on my stomach. I just want to (make sure I) remember that. 

Thank you Stephanie for writing this book. I wish you nothing but the best life has to offer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Chronic illness

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

madisongturner's review

3.75

I think this is a great alternative to some popular books on how PTSD can affect our bodies. It feels incredibly personal, but I'm thankful for the author letting us into their life through such an intimate retelling. I related to a lot as someone with chronic illness and trauma, but specifically this really helped me understand those I love who have C-PTSD. 

Definitely make sure you read content warnings before reading! While I know this is realistic because it is a retelling of the author's experiences, it can be a bit shocking to listen-especially if you resonate with some of the experiences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Self harm, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Violence

wild_er_ness's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

‘There was a psychiatrist who tried to put me on Prozac. I quoted Brave New World. “I want to know what passion is! I want to feel something strongly!” The psychiatrist responded, “I think that passion might be a chemical imbalance.”’

‘I didn’t just understand the weight of my abuse logically. I felt it, like a blade through flesh, like a bone popping out of place. I felt it like a lover saying it’s not going to work: sharp, immediate, and terrifying. I actually felt, with searing clarity, the horror of what happened to me—maybe for the first time ever. I felt how tremendously sad it was that I was forced to make my parents feel loved at such a young age. I felt how courageous I must have been to endure that torture, day after day for so many years, by the people I trusted most in this world. I felt a sense of love and adoration for my childhood self that I’d never been able to summon before.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

Minor: War and Racism

colleenmdavis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Grief