Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

66 reviews

vincci's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racism

4leisurely_reading4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

provo's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Luckily, Stephanie Foo did not just write a memoir - as a journalist, she researches very well and takes the reader on a journey from her childhood to the first real results of her recovery. 
By doing so, she doesn’t try to paint a picture of a miracle healing, but shows, how hard it is to find individual solutions in a dysfunctional medical system where not enough professionals are familiar with this young diagnosis. She elaborates how racism and sexism play a part in c-ptsd and does not shy away from talking about genetics and intergenerational trauma.

At some points in the early chapters the abuse is written quite graphic, so be aware of that, otherwise I’d say it is the perfect book for someone recently diagnosed with c-ptsd or people who are close to someone with this diagnosis. It also has a lot of quotes for follow-up-literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Colonisation, and Classism

birtelesemann's review

emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, and Abandonment

aishallnot's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Suicide, and War

Minor: Self harm

hinatakaname's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

alayamorning's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

Minor: Chronic illness, Genocide, and Infidelity

scrappapertiger's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

megano_oregano's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ohmyhazz's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts