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Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'
Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life by Christie Tate
5 reviews
trycerabel's review against another edition
4.5
Minor: Alcohol, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship
noshelf_control's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming and Eating disorder
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse
scottishlindsay's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual violence
reading_between_the_trees's review against another edition
4.0
My biggest takeaway from this book was about honesty. With others, with yourself, about yourself. Honesty is not something you just have to commit to, but something you have to work towards and uncover, because typically it is buried in shame and embarrassment. It was really inspiring to read about Christie learning to confront her most shameful secrets as a mode of liberation. It inspired me to really examine my self-talk and the ways I interact with and convey myself to others.
One qualm I had about this book was that I wish the reader had gotten more insight into Christie's journey with her eating disorder. I understand that the book was about group therapy, and maybe she focused more on her eating disorder in the meetings she attended for it, but it felt like a big part of the story in the beginning, and I was curious to see how her management of it was entangled with her healing in other areas of her life that she did discuss in group. Overall though, this was a very powerful memoir that I would recommend.
Please look at the content warnings before reading the book. The parts about eating disorders were especially difficult to read about.
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Death, and Body shaming
Moderate: Vomit, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
sara_phoenix's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Body shaming