Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo
11 reviews
maddy4prezident's review against another edition
5.0
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
alexisgarcia's review
4.0
Graphic: Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Bullying, Ableism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
emileesmith's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide, Racism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, and Drug use
ebonyrose's review
3.75
I am so impressed with Foo's courage and honesty, and how hard she has worked to understand herself, and to begin to heal. A very solid memoir.
Graphic: Abandonment and Child abuse
Minor: Alcohol and Eating disorder
402reader's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Child abuse
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Alcohol, and Abandonment
zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
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
gabyisafreeelf's review
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Eating disorder and Body shaming
careinthelibrary's review against another edition
4.0
The descriptions of the childhood abuse was palpable, sickening, and incredibly sad. Major content warnings for these scenes, please take care while reading.
The relationships with her parents in her adulthood was also fascinating. How she manages to maintain some contact with her father despite how much he hurt her. We do what we must to find mental and physical safety but how much we can crave love from our parents even if we fear them. It's a constant balancing act and so emotionally exhausting.
I don't know very much about psychiatry and psychology so this aspect of the memoir was a bit over my head but I still followed along. She made it pretty easy for non-experts to understand the different kinds of treatment she sought. This memoir is so sad, reading about Foo encountering so many hurdles and struggling to find the light at the end of the tunnel. Knowing that she was well enough to write this memoir, reflecting on her life does little to lessen the second-hand blow of her life story to the reader. It's heavy heavy heavy.
I wish her the best in continuing to heal and understand herself before and after the trauma.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Bullying, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Hate crime, Ableism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming, War, Incest, and Infertility
negative self-talk, bad therapy experiences, victim blaming.rebeccaquinton's review
3.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, and Racism
caseythereader's review
5.0
- 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.
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