Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

287 reviews

mariterenica's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book. Even if it was hard to read. I think I’ve learned a lot about cptsd. 

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Content Warnings

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

codemasterpi's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hanlhs's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

best book i’ve read in a while. would recommend to anyone, whether they have c-ptsd or not! 

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Content Warnings

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

thoughtsfromtheafro's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

This was a fascinating read as it relates to CPTSD; there aren’t always many books about it out there. The narrative of the author’s experience(s) with her parents needs countless content warnings. The latter part of the book where she details her therapy modalities and audio clips are included is quite helpful for one’s own reflection and consideration in types of healing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

erinmcav's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

kerileilareads's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

bchochst's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

salemrose's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Probably the best book I've ever read about trauma and healing (and I have read a lot of them lol). I don't relate to a lot of the trauma that Foo experienced but the way it affects her and the way she dealt with it and tried to cope were so deeply relatable and personal to me. I saw myself reflected in so much of what she said and I genuinely learned a lot about myself in the process of reading this. It is a testament to her skill as a writer and storyteller that I could take so much away from a retelling of experiences so different from my own. If you've experienced complex trauma in your life there is definitely healing to be found in this book. However, the warning at the beginning of the book is no joke — her descriptions of her abuse were extremely viceral and often not easy to read. But knowing what she went through makes seeing where she ends up so inspiring and hopeful. This is a deeply important and foundational addition to the literature currently available on C-PTSD. It's personal, moving, and emotional, but also incredibly well researched and informative. Highly, highly recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

geneius's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

WOW. wow wow WOW. this was fucking amazing. i listened to this as an audiobook (you’ll notice a trend for me, i’ve found i tend to enjoy nonfiction more as an audio format) and i’ve honestly never read anything like it. cathartic, sad, relatable, wonderful, i am so happy the author wrote this and my best friend recommended it to me (thank you hal <3). listening to stephanie discover herself in real time, i saw so much of myself in this book it was hard to listen to at points, and i cried a lot, but stephanie’s humor and voice made it a lot easier to get through. her writing style was amazing, too, with anecdotes intermingled with facts and research, and the audio clips of her actual therapy sessions. navigating cptsd is so fucking hard, and i’m so thankful more research and more books like this are coming out to make it easier. i have nothing bad to say about this book, and i would recommend this (in audio format for SURE) to everyone, regardless of your mental health status

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Content Warnings

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

andalucia's review

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts