Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

415 reviews

aka_mascha's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

salemrose's review against another edition

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: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

rileybq's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia

andalucia's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

fspikener's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

rocio07's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Child abuse

emilyjeanw7's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

cassireads's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is incredible and a must read for future or current mental health workers. Or honestly anyone navigating trauma and the grief that comes along with it. Stephanie contributes so much to a largely overlooked topic and I am taking lots away from this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

Minor: Abandonment and Racism

iloponis's review against another edition

5.0

i need to buy a physical copy of this book so that i can keep it with me at all times and write in the margins and highlight the passages and just love on it. this book saw me and ripped me open 

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Content Warnings

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

beversae's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad

4.25

Wow. This was an incredible book. It definitely was more about living with and healing from c-PTSD and minor talks of some of the abuse she endured. I enjoyed that she wanted to learn about her diagnosis and that built a more informative memoir.  One point in the book the author discusses her recorded therapy sessions, and in the audiobook she includes some of those sound clips in which I really enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse