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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
7 reviews
rubellaface's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Sexual assault, Colonisation, Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism
Very triggering. Sometimes in a good way.alexisgarcia's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Bullying, Ableism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
decie's review against another edition
3.0
I did like a lot of things she did in this book. rly struggling to rate it.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Ableism, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts
provo's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Self harm, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, and Racism
wetdirtreads's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Racism, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Hate crime, and War
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
The descriptions of the childhood abuse was palpable, sickening, and incredibly sad. Major content warnings for these scenes, please take care while reading.
The relationships with her parents in her adulthood was also fascinating. How she manages to maintain some contact with her father despite how much he hurt her. We do what we must to find mental and physical safety but how much we can crave love from our parents even if we fear them. It's a constant balancing act and so emotionally exhausting.
I don't know very much about psychiatry and psychology so this aspect of the memoir was a bit over my head but I still followed along. She made it pretty easy for non-experts to understand the different kinds of treatment she sought. This memoir is so sad, reading about Foo encountering so many hurdles and struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing that she was well enough to write this memoir, reflecting on her life does little to lessen the second-hand blow of her life story to the reader. It's heavy heavy heavy.
I wish her the best in continuing to heal and understand herself before and after the trauma.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Bullying, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Hate crime, Ableism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming, War, Incest, and Infertility
negative self-talk, bad therapy experiences, victim blaming.lilcoppertop's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Dysphoria, Grief, Alcoholism, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Violence