Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

122 reviews

wild_er_ness's review

emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.75

‘There was a psychiatrist who tried to put me on Prozac. I quoted Brave New World. “I want to know what passion is! I want to feel something strongly!” The psychiatrist responded, “I think that passion might be a chemical imbalance.”’

‘I didn’t just understand the weight of my abuse logically. I felt it, like a blade through flesh, like a bone popping out of place. I felt it like a lover saying it’s not going to work: sharp, immediate, and terrifying. I actually felt, with searing clarity, the horror of what happened to me—maybe for the first time ever. I felt how tremendously sad it was that I was forced to make my parents feel loved at such a young age. I felt how courageous I must have been to endure that torture, day after day for so many years, by the people I trusted most in this world. I felt a sense of love and adoration for my childhood self that I’d never been able to summon before.’

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Chronic illness

Minor: War and Racism

colyforniaroll's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Grief

martieliz's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Abandonment, Racism, and Chronic illness

Minor: War and Suicidal thoughts

lizclark81's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Brilliant memoir! Foo's tone shifts from self-depricating to reflective and hopeful as she describes her experience with C-PTSD. A worthwhile read for literally everyone, even the hard parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Abandonment

kaynova's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness

lucajgrainger's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Violence

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

ryliereadss's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

As someone with PTSD, I was really curious going into this book. Foo does a very good job of explaining the difference between PTSD and complex PTSD. She was very vulnerable when talking about the abuse she suffered as a child and some not very flattering moments she experienced as an adult. I could definitely see someone reading this book and starting their own journey discovering and dealing with their complex PTSD. Her voice is so strong and self aware. I also liked that she recognized her privilege when trying to find treatment for her C-PTSD. Reading about her relationship with her parents was heartbreaking. The ending made me happy though. I would highly recommend this book, especially if you're curious about how trauma can affect our brains because she does a good job explaining that and she cites her sources.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

abitofapoet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad

5.0

wow. I’m so grateful i have had the opportunity to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

yaelm's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Mental illness

alex1's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Racism, Bullying, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts