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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
3 reviews
ruthmartinartist's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, Racial slurs, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Abandonment, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Torture, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Body shaming
alayamorning's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Self harm
Moderate: Grief, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Racial slurs
Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, and Chronic illness
koyalites's review against another edition
Know My Bones is such a raw and detailed insight on the author’s experience and journey with complex PTSD and the abuse she experienced growing up. i highly recommend the audiobook as it had some recordings from her therapy sessions that were fascinating to listen to, especially due to how the two of them try to close read their conversations and analyse her immediate reactions and thoughts. so many revelations and self reflection came with this reading/listening experience. it helped that her writing is just beautiful, it captured so much of her pain and grief and joy and fear, it validated all of it, it made me feel those things with her.
stephanie foo, being a woman of color also brings about a new set of challenges when trying to navigate not just the world in its fucked state but also her trauma. there were sections that delve into how regular interactions with racism can literally change the shape of your brain cause you’re in a constant state of danger, it talks about inter generational trauma not just on a personal level but scientifically, how it can have a impact on the formation of your children’s brains, etc.
there’s also an interesting deeper dive on asian families and mental health, clearly a lot of research was put into this book to provide a nuanced take on this.
overall, this book was not only educational, it was also incredibly hopeful and relatable. so many of her struggles & fears when approaching relationships & life in general mirrored some of mine as well, and just listening to her journey (and she doesn’t shy away from anything), it just idk it made me sob a lot. highly, highly recommend, i really needed this one.
”love begets love.”
tw: child abuse, suicide/suicide attempt, racism
Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Xenophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Racism, and Suicide attempt