Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

287 reviews

sunshinekwl's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I’ve never read a more relatable memoir in my entire life. This book will give anyone who has struggled with CPTSD hope and knowledge that you are not alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Death and Pandemic/Epidemic

kw_masters's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I really liked this book. It was encouraging, helpful, and informative without making me feel bad about myself, which medical books on ptsd/cptsd tend to do as they lack experience and empathy. I just wish I had a physical copy to keep my notes.  Library problems!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

katikins's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. Stephanie’s journey towards healing and self-realization was so incredible and inspiring. As someone who has also been diagnosed with cptsd it was like hearing a big sister give the road map. Of course it deals with really heavy topics, but so does life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Racism and Pandemic/Epidemic

ktdaugherty's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide

_readerfromtheblacklagoon_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

rendezvousgirl's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

4.25

Memoirs are not something I usually gravitate towards, but I really enjoyed this.

Naturally this is going to be a difficult and probably triggering read for anyone with a myriad of trauma, whether the cause is similar to the author’s or not. I really appreciated the emphasis on “healing” in community, through our relationships with other people. The last 15% or so did start to feel a bit boring, and the last chapter was a throwaway to me.

This book made me think of all the people I love and want to reach out to them. I think I’ll be recommending this to a lot of people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

rockyroadbutch's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Eating disorder

airclay3's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely stunning and beautiful book. I teared up several times. A hugely cool thing about the audiobook is that the actual recordings from sessions were included! It was amazing to listen to Doc’s voice, to really understand how Foo was describing him! I learned a lot about CPTSD and also how bodies react to trauma. I would recommend this book before The Body Keeps the Score (and also will be doing research about that author, now!!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

sheissami's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Drug use

mia_ann's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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