Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

49 reviews

dreamer626's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

nat_e_13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Life changing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Racism, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

hades_hotline's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

this book broke me apart and pieced me back together. it is so raw and so full of anguish and yet at the same time it’s hopeful in the most beautiful way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Self harm and War

emilykabbott's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

frog4earth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad

*I do not rate memoirs!* I am someone with diagnosed C-PTSD, and in the years since my diagnosis, I have never felt more heard than I did reading Stephanie Foo’s memoir. Not only did I feel heard and understood, but I finally felt like someone was ACTUALLY giving me the first steps to healing. I’ve already tired of the same old words and the same old methods — “you should meditate” “you should try yoga” “you should try A, B and C.” And while I know these methods work well for a lot of people — most notably those with non-complex PTSD — they don’t, and have never, worked for me. This revelation felt damning at first — like I would be forever cursed to living a life of all the things that come with this diagnosis. But this memoir has changed so much for me, and to Stephanie Foo, I am grateful. Thank you for sharing your journey, and for being a pioneer in opening the realities around C-PTSD & how to truly live with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

minnousche's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

birbmcbirb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is THE book I now recommend about C-PTSD. To both those with it, and those trying to understand it. I wasnt left drained and triggered like so many other CPTSD books, and Ms. Foo is a wonderful writer. I powdered through this book in 3 days, and it only took that long because I was busy each day. Any other mental health book would have left me triggered and burnt out, this book amazingly did not, but not because it pulled punches in talking about abuse and recovery. Im going to be so annoying about suggesting everyone reads this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Racism, Abandonment, Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Colonisation

Moderate: Xenophobia and War

courtney_scott1025's review against another edition

emotional inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wow. Never have I felt so seen and connected to someone's journey. I was diagnosed with CPTSD due to neglect/emotional abuse by my mother. Stephanie's life is much more traumatic than I will ever know, but it was so powerful. I couldn't stop listening. Her resilience, her story, her words were just so inspiring. If you think you have CPTSD, pick up this book. You will not regret it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Child abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Colonisation, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

daisy2050's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

ruthmartinartist's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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