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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
It wasn’t really holding my interest & I have other books I want to get to.
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I really enjoyed the fast pace of part 1, part 2 started to slow in pace, and part 3 became overly preachy.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Ramey writes openly and fearlessly about her struggle with severe, undiagnosed illnesses, and physicians so steeped in Western medicine that they cannot get past prescribing anti-depressants, rather than looking for the root causes of Ramey’s very real, very physical pain. Ramey reminds us of the importance of listening to our bodies, and trusting our instincts when it comes to getting medical care. We must always be our own advocates, or have loved ones and friends who can advocate for us, when the medical establishment refuses to listen.
There were some great things about this book. I am glad I read it and grateful I did not read the string of horrible reviews which might have deterred me. I have since read through those reviews and feel the reviewers either did not read the entire book or were willfully missing the point.
The author freely admits her privilege. But this is a memoir. She writes about her experiences. I did not agree with the majority of the complaints, so here are my thoughts.
Sarah Ramey has been through hell. The experiences she had with some callous doctors are similar to some of my own experiences, but then her mistreatment became torturous. Luckily, nothing that bad ever happened to me. I also learned quite a bit about cortisol and how there is often a web of connected issues with no one-size-fits-all cure. I felt reassured that I made the right choice when years ago, I turned down aggressive treatments recommended for my “issue” and instead went about healing my gut and bolstering my immune system. I found myself fascinated and disgusted by the way doctors treat women with mysterious ailments. And I liked many of the ideas Sarah had for helping yourself heal.
What I did have an issue with was I thought there was a lot of repetition in this book. I felt that it needed a good editor - one who would have cut it down by about 1/3. It seemed at times as if the book had been written in shifts and pieced together later. I just found many thoughts repeated often and I felt it lessened the impact.
Overall though, there is a lot to learn and I feel most people (women especially) would find it useful. I hope the high profile negative reviews don’t scare people off.
The author freely admits her privilege. But this is a memoir. She writes about her experiences. I did not agree with the majority of the complaints, so here are my thoughts.
Sarah Ramey has been through hell. The experiences she had with some callous doctors are similar to some of my own experiences, but then her mistreatment became torturous. Luckily, nothing that bad ever happened to me. I also learned quite a bit about cortisol and how there is often a web of connected issues with no one-size-fits-all cure. I felt reassured that I made the right choice when years ago, I turned down aggressive treatments recommended for my “issue” and instead went about healing my gut and bolstering my immune system. I found myself fascinated and disgusted by the way doctors treat women with mysterious ailments. And I liked many of the ideas Sarah had for helping yourself heal.
What I did have an issue with was I thought there was a lot of repetition in this book. I felt that it needed a good editor - one who would have cut it down by about 1/3. It seemed at times as if the book had been written in shifts and pieced together later. I just found many thoughts repeated often and I felt it lessened the impact.
Overall though, there is a lot to learn and I feel most people (women especially) would find it useful. I hope the high profile negative reviews don’t scare people off.
informative
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
Stop talking about the underworld holy shit. Also marketing healing and rest as “feminine”? Bruh, this is part of the problem.