Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

113 reviews

gkweav615's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful prose and so informative on such a misunderstood topic. I felt seen, and Foo put words to feelings I could describe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Child abuse, and Violence

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

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

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

murnduh's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Abandonment, and Violence

jazzybelle17's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Racism, Violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

furiosa_2193's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Violence

demifang21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

i’ll probably save all of my reflections on this book for therapy and my healing journey, but this is a life-changing book for understanding the way i move through life and what the road ahead for healing might look like. my heart caught in my throat reading the first third of the book which had the most severe violence. re-parenting, inner child work, hypervigilance around those who might leave or betray you, the search for a savior… too many resonant themes to count.

i feel like this book has helped me take leaps forward in understanding my long-standing struggles.

i’m not sure i could handle someone like Dr. Ham, but i’ve been listening to more of his podcast interviews alongside the end of the book as she started to work with him.

the healing work sounds exhausting but it’s heartening to hear what putting in the work might look like, and how committed some can be towards helping you heal.

xmas gift from my brother - thank you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

inthemargins's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring fast-paced

4.5

As someone who struggles with cPTSD themselves, I loved this book. I had so many "hard relate" moments and yet Stephanie's story was different to mine in many ways - I think it beautifully illustrates that it doesn't matter exactly what you've been through, our bodies all react to trauma in a similar way. The story has a hopeful ending and I feel it has brought me one step closer to accepting that while the effects of trauma will be with me for the rest of my life, one day they may take more of a back seat than they currently do and that is comforting, for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, and Child abuse

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