Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

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

35 reviews

cgreenstein's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

This was incredibly powerful and hopeful and honest. I listened to it as an audiobook, which meant I got to hear excerpts from the actual therapy session recordings in the final third of the book, and I thought that was something that really enhanced the book-- you could hear her old self and contrast that with the current self who is now writing about the old self. At any rate, this book is evidence that the author is incredibly strong and incredibly compassionate, and I can see why the buzz around this book was so fervent. It's deserved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

jontel's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Touched my heart and spoke to my soul

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

eliya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

heartbreakingly raw and hard to listen to at points. stephanie foo shares some truly horrifying memories.

fascinating approaches to CPTSD

• some approaches i’m familiar with, some i’ve only day-dreamed about haha. 
• would love to approach conversation in a Nathan Fielder’s “the rehearsal” way lol. gave me some sold things to bring to my therapist when i have one. made me reconsider the way i interact in conversations. 

very informative, kept coming back to the body and physiological responses to trauma, as the title suggests.

• lots of information regarding generational trauma and how it effects people of color. 
• i was particularly intrigued by the
  rat study about generational trauma

cringy / cheesy at some points, as is the nature with healing books. some eyeroll moments where the author acknowledges very briefly but very obviously obligatorily her class privileges to be able to access this type of care. ultimately helpful for me as a reader, though, to see what type of healing is possible (?) even though it definitely feels out of reach rn. 

truly moving and hopeful.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, War, Body shaming, Sexism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Fatphobia, and Medical trauma

roreadsbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

cheechica's review against another edition

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

5.0

The first third is definitely super triggering for anyone who has experienced abuse. But the lady third is hopeful and enlightening. Felt like reading SparkNotes on cPTSD. The audio recordings of therapy were my favorite.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, and War

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

buttercat42's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

sizzlesteaks's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Abandonment, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

baileeliz_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

i don’t rate memoirs typically so i won’t give a star rating, but this is possibly the most important book i’ve read on CPTSD and highly encourage anyone who has this diagnosis to read it if they are able. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Racism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

peregrinwho's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Something I'll be digesting for a while. Everyone deserves a therapist who will call them out on their behaviors, and I was grateful for the inclusion of the actual recordings from chapter 37 onward. It really let us understand what it's like the be vulnerable in those headspaces. I couldn't relate to everything here, especially the ending, but I acknowledge this book would be very helpful and healing to people without my neurotype, and those who haven't done a lot of research. Having more people share their stories is the goal. Just maybe approach with caution if you're on the autism spectrum. Thanks for sharing Stephanie♡.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

flugels's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence