Book HackWhat My Bones KnowBy Stephanie Foo
In a Nutshell
In this powerful memoir, journalist Stephanie Foo talks about learning to live with the mental health consequences of child abuse and the science behind complex PTSD.
Favorite Quote
Every cell in my body is filled with the code of generations of trauma, of death, of birth, of migration, of history that I cannot understand … I want to have words for what my bones know.
Stephanie Foo
Introduction
Stephanie Foo appeared every inch the success story: a self-made journalist and award-winning radio producer on This American Life with a loving partner and an apartment in New York.
But behind closed doors, Foo was struggling with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or C-PTSD.
Foo's memoir is an emotional rollercoaster, describing the child abuse she suffered at the hands of her parents, her diagnosis, eventual healing, and the loving family she found through marriage.
Foo includes scientific research about C-PTSD and explores the effectiveness of available treatments.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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