Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

318 reviews

mothmantruther123's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

aneyrey's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

sizzlesteaks's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

silviahc's review

emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This book affected me lik no other, one of my fav reads of the year. It was informative, inspiring, and tragic all in one!!! I learned so much about C-PTSD and I think the author is such a brave soul for laying out her healing journey and processing her grief and pain so publicly. I just want to giv her a BIG hug!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

probablytoolate's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

baileeliz_'s review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

i don’t rate memoirs typically so i won’t give a star rating, but this is possibly the most important book i’ve read on CPTSD and highly encourage anyone who has this diagnosis to read it if they are able. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Pandemic/Epidemic

wildsalmons_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective

4.25

💣💣💣 Lots of swearing but such a great memoir. I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

peregrinwho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Something I'll be digesting for a while. Everyone deserves a therapist who will call them out on their behaviors, and I was grateful for the inclusion of the actual recordings from chapter 37 onward. It really let us understand what it's like the be vulnerable in those headspaces. I couldn't relate to everything here, especially the ending, but I acknowledge this book would be very helpful and healing to people without my neurotype, and those who haven't done a lot of research. Having more people share their stories is the goal. Just maybe approach with caution if you're on the autism spectrum. Thanks for sharing Stephanie♡.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

casall64's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

flugels's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic