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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
108 reviews
alexdicanio's review
This was an incredible memoir with a look at someone who has complex PTSD. If you’re thinking about reading this, please check trigger warnings.
I loved the authors writing and style. This was so visceral and made me feel so many emotions from sadness to anger to joy and heartbreak. I highly recommend.
Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Racism, Cancer, and Car accident
britbooth's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, and Mental illness
jshapiro12's review
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Racism, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Addiction, Abandonment, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Body shaming, and Panic attacks/disorders
izarahiqb's review against another edition
5.0
“it’s not the fights that matter. it’s the repairs” i love this way of reframing conflict.
there’s so many parts i’ve had to sit back and reflect on but for now i’ll just give that line.
so vulnerable and informative yet heartbreaking in less than 300 pages
i just wish i had a physical copy (which i will be purchasing) so i could add in my notes. very validating. love the tools she mentioned to help people in similar positions or on their own healing journey. love that she got the help she needed! i might be biased for giving it 5 stars given it’s my area of interest but it was so good! i’d recommend to anyone and everyone just to see a refreshing yet blunt perspective
full review may be written once i have a copy of my own
Graphic: Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Colonisation, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Grief, and Racism
jburkespraker's review
5.0
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
felishacb's review
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Xenophobia and Racism
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
thewrongkenna's review
5.0
You could say that this book takes a while to get to “the point”, you could even say it never does.
The book really feels like a journey, and as someone experiencing similar lessons as the author right now I can relate a lot.
I appreciated the scientific elements, as well as the authors navigation of intersectionality and how that plays a part in trauma.
I think for anyone who has experienced trauma and is at a point in their journey where maybe they want to seek out other’s stories - this is a really beautiful book to accompany you. There are a lot of triggers within, so please read with caution.
But just knowing that someone else out there has been through something similar. Knowing they didn’t always navigate their journey with grace, it gives you hope.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Racism, and Physical abuse
lestatsoul's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Bullying
Moderate: Colonisation and Domestic abuse
wild_er_ness's review against another edition
4.75
‘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.’
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
martieliz's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Racism, and Chronic illness
Minor: War and Suicidal thoughts