Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

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

274 reviews

lilivdw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Suicide and Alcohol

kelharding's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Abandonment

chluless's review

dark hopeful informative reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: War and Pandemic/Epidemic

goldfinches's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Abandonment

Minor: Racism

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

vk124's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

2.75

I struggled to complete this, largely due to the subject matter. I found Foo's experiences to be deeply difficult.  Like Foo, I had heard research on what happens to those who inherit trauma or experience long-term trauma, with regard to higher chances for disease and shortened life. It all felt bleak and dismal. The most hope comes in the later chapters. Here, paths to healing are listed. Additionally, Foo describes her reactions to the Covid pandémica, for which her CPTSD left her highly equipped. I felt some relief to know it wasn't all doom and gloom.

If you do not care for strong language, this may not be the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Mental illness, Kidnapping, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

_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

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