Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness by Catherine Cho

10 reviews

ratchel_l's review

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Domestic abuse, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Medical trauma

_almasoul's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm, Blood, Child death, Dementia, Miscarriage, and Stalking

xfallenxnightx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

Brilliant memoir written about post partum psychosis! The narration is fantastic and the writing style is beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical trauma and Body shaming

emilymdxn's review

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

f_amiliar_happine_ss's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

Catherine, a new mom, travels with her family shortly after giving birth. Stress builds during their trip, paired with sleep deprivation and deteriorating paranoia, she entered an episode of postpartum psychosis. After a trip to the ER and a transfer to an inpatient facility, Catherine begins her recovery.
During her time in the hospital she would write "truths" of her life to help distinguish reality from delusion, she also drew a family tree- something she was unable to do while psychotic. All in all, she spent twelve days away from her family. Being separated for so long, Catherine had developed postpartum depression and an emotional detachment to her child, but with the guides of therapy and a support system Catherine was able to embrace her identity as a mother.
Very good book but not "amazing." Four stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

sarahlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

westonheartswords's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Confinement

erenreads12's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

What an intimate, terrifying, touching read. This is an incredibly brave memoir and the author's courage in divulging the details of her psychosis and the impact it had on her and the relationships she has cannot be understated. Even amongst the discussion scope of mental health, post-partum psychosis is rarely discussed, and even rarer still from the perspective of a woman of colour. Cho invites us into her life and the culture, trauma and experience that brought her to where she is, and has no interest in sugar coating a terrifying and profoundly difficult experience. Her voice and story is tragic, hopeful and invaluable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bridgetbry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

angelicgay's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts