Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

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

5 reviews

gabhopesreads's review against another edition

5.0

This is the best memoir I've ever read. It's so well-written, phenomenal on audio and one of my favorites this year so far. I loved the narration, plus the included audios of her therapy sessions. I loved how she went into details about history, hers and forgotten history, erased history. I loved how it felt like I was put under a microscope and dissected, but in actuality she was explaining her C-PTSD. At the end, the message of hope mirrored my own that I was lucky enough to find years ago. I wish I'd read this sooner, when I'd been drowning in my diagnosis. But the thing with C-PTSD is it's always there, so this will be helpful to read at any point in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Racism, Grief, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Child abuse, Car accident, and Bullying

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

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

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

caseythereader's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Thanks to Random House for the free copy of this book.

 - WHAT MY BONES KNOW is a masterpiece of a memoir. Blending Foo's personal story with the research she did to learn more about her own condition, the book sheds light on the little known and understood diagnosis of C-PTSD.
- Given that C-PTSD happens when there is extended, repeated trauma, this book also gets into generational trauma and the history of Foo's family and their traumas, which I think a lot of people will relate to, even if you're not of the Asian diaspora.
- I feel like I don't even know what to say about this book. It's so good. Please read it, and also go listen to @thestackspod episode with the author. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Gaslighting, War, Alcohol, Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Rape