A review by frog4earth
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

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*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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