Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

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

21 reviews

maddy4prezident's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

This was such a fast, informative book and it was so well written. So much so that I found myself recommending it to people before I even finished. Foo's narrative style is at once both rich with information and full of character and personality that makes it a fast, enjoyable read. Her willingness to be vulnerable and admit her own shortcomings while still focusing on a generally positive and hopeful arc made the book an excellent read. It invited reader to relate to Foo while also reflecting on their own experiences and applying the knowledge she imparts into the reader's own life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Violence, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Colonisation, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Self harm

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Car accident, and Addiction

decie's review

challenging reflective sad

3.75

so.......mixed feelings. there were brief snippets of saneism throughout the book, which I didn't love. for example - the outdated (incorrect and stigmatizing) way the author explained DID was not great. and then later in the book she literally said cptsd is the only diagnosis that is caused by other people/isn't your fault, unlike [list of highly stigmatized conditions that are literally also caused by trauma]. 

I did like a lot of things she did in this book. rly struggling to rate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Ableism

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

emileesmith's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, and Drug use

ohmyhazz's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

402reader's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcohol, and Abandonment

starlit_pathways's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Mental illness, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, War, Hate crime, Car accident, Xenophobia, and Death

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

heureusefemme's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Drug use

zombiezami's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, Self harm, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Violence, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Death, Alcohol, Rape, Addiction, Police brutality, Bullying, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Hate crime, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Kidnapping, Child death, War, Excrement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, and Cancer

hanbecomeshull's review

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Poignant words that are both outrageous and yet relatable to anyone that sustained contributed childhood trauma, and continues to live with the effects of that. 

Felt like therapy reading it, made me feel “seen” / “heard”, and explained a lot of my feelings and behaviours that have bubbled to the surface in my adult life.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Bullying, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Toxic relationship