Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

195 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

ineffable97's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

shawnapantzke's review

challenging informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Domestic abuse

erinmcav's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

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

meganbrinson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

So so so important. Really helped me understand my intellectualizing tendencies. Foo also does a great job situating trauma in a larger context. “Love begets love” really did it for me <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Child abuse

rileybq's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia

andalucia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

fspikener's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

cgreenstein's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

This was incredibly powerful and hopeful and honest. I listened to it as an audiobook, which meant I got to hear excerpts from the actual therapy session recordings in the final third of the book, and I thought that was something that really enhanced the book-- you could hear her old self and contrast that with the current self who is now writing about the old self. At any rate, this book is evidence that the author is incredibly strong and incredibly compassionate, and I can see why the buzz around this book was so fervent. It's deserved.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic