By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma...
By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.
Both of Foo’s parents abandoned her when she was a teenager, after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. She thought she’d moved on, but her new diagnosis illuminated the way her past continued to threaten her health, relationships, and career. She found limited resources to help her, so Foo set out to heal herself, and to map her experiences onto the scarce literature about C-PTSD.
In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Foo interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies. She returns to her hometown of San Jose, California, to investigate the effects of immigrant trauma on the community, and she uncovers family secrets in the country of her birth, Malaysia, to learn how trauma can be inherited through generations. Ultimately, she discovers that you don’t move on from trauma—but you can learn to move with it.
Powerful, enlightening, and hopeful, What My Bones Know is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body—and examines one woman’s ability to reclaim agency from her trauma.
Stephanie Foo is a writer and radio producer, most recently for This American Life. Her work has aired on Snap Judgment, Reply All, 99% Invisible, and Radiolab. A noted speaker and instructor, she has taught at Columbia University and has spoken at venues from Sundance Film Festival to the Missouri Department of Mental Health. She lives in New York City with her husband.
听到第三章，骇人听闻。｜｜作者特别努力积极地尝试各种方法从cptsd中痊愈，真的令人钦佩。了解到了很多关于心理疾病的知识，同时也有很多小细节戳我。比如她说看医生那么麻烦，要看保险能不能用要打很多电话，process很劝退。有两点takeaway，一是let the happy moment sink/register，二是pain和suffering不同，无需为pain而feel bad，pain...听到第三章，骇人听闻。｜｜作者特别努力积极地尝试各种方法从cptsd中痊愈，真的令人钦佩。了解到了很多关于心理疾病的知识，同时也有很多小细节戳我。比如她说看医生那么麻烦，要看保险能不能用要打很多电话，process很劝退。有两点takeaway，一是let the happy moment sink/register，二是pain和suffering不同，无需为pain而feel bad，pain是身体的一部分。听书就不是很容易做笔记，听到一些引人深思的段落有时候也就那么过去了。(展开)
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1 有用 Daaaana 2024-11-11 08:00:19 加拿大
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0 有用 翘课Booyah! 2024-03-08 01:47:24 广东
好几个书友推荐的年度书籍，期待值太高了，没有想象中好。要说那部分特别触动我的话，大概是她对混乱心理的描写很细，把真实的纠结体验用文字呈现出来了。
9 有用 大板牙 2022-12-04 01:09:46 美国
听到第三章，骇人听闻。｜｜作者特别努力积极地尝试各种方法从cptsd中痊愈，真的令人钦佩。了解到了很多关于心理疾病的知识，同时也有很多小细节戳我。比如她说看医生那么麻烦，要看保险能不能用要打很多电话，process很劝退。有两点takeaway，一是let the happy moment sink/register，二是pain和suffering不同，无需为pain而feel bad，pain... 听到第三章，骇人听闻。｜｜作者特别努力积极地尝试各种方法从cptsd中痊愈，真的令人钦佩。了解到了很多关于心理疾病的知识，同时也有很多小细节戳我。比如她说看医生那么麻烦，要看保险能不能用要打很多电话，process很劝退。有两点takeaway，一是let the happy moment sink/register，二是pain和suffering不同，无需为pain而feel bad，pain是身体的一部分。听书就不是很容易做笔记，听到一些引人深思的段落有时候也就那么过去了。 (展开)
1 有用 balalalala 2025-04-06 22:35:10 美国
创伤成为文本应该值得被更好的呵护。 佩服主角的坚强，一路与各种创伤斗争，是非常值得尊敬的经历。 但实话说，这本书让我读得很疲惫。文笔松散，叙述节奏混乱，情绪太满，却始终拉不起我和女主之间的情感链接。她在倾诉，但我无法共情。不是不想，而是写作方式真的让人很难靠近她。 很多私密的内容已经到了残忍的程度，但却没有足够的文学性去承托，反而显得像是一种对读者情绪的不断消耗。 后半段关于CPTSD的治疗... 创伤成为文本应该值得被更好的呵护。 佩服主角的坚强，一路与各种创伤斗争，是非常值得尊敬的经历。 但实话说，这本书让我读得很疲惫。文笔松散，叙述节奏混乱，情绪太满，却始终拉不起我和女主之间的情感链接。她在倾诉，但我无法共情。不是不想，而是写作方式真的让人很难靠近她。 很多私密的内容已经到了残忍的程度，但却没有足够的文学性去承托，反而显得像是一种对读者情绪的不断消耗。 后半段关于CPTSD的治疗过程也写得像流水账，重要但无力。这个题材其实非常值得深挖，但作者没有讲好这个故事。失望。 (展开)
28 有用 NoNo 2023-01-08 07:49:45 美国
泪流满面。很难不因类似的经历感同身受。多年前，当我发现自己的行为举止完全是教科书级别的PTSD时，与作者一样，我读到的不是症状，倒更像是种指责。父母为我花了许多钱，便可以理直气壮地告诉我他们工作是为我，而同样的，不离婚也是为我。母亲虽不曾以自杀相胁，但却把身体不适一股脑地全部怪到我的头上。母亲总问我是不是想她死，而我方才惊觉或许想死的不止我一个。母亲每日酗酒，可我却不能发疯，我务必满脸堆笑扮演她乖... 泪流满面。很难不因类似的经历感同身受。多年前，当我发现自己的行为举止完全是教科书级别的PTSD时，与作者一样，我读到的不是症状，倒更像是种指责。父母为我花了许多钱，便可以理直气壮地告诉我他们工作是为我，而同样的，不离婚也是为我。母亲虽不曾以自杀相胁，但却把身体不适一股脑地全部怪到我的头上。母亲总问我是不是想她死，而我方才惊觉或许想死的不止我一个。母亲每日酗酒，可我却不能发疯，我务必满脸堆笑扮演她乖巧听话的女儿。正因如此，我一向痛恨被安慰，而无比轻飘的那句「他们其实很爱你」则是我的最大死穴。我渴望真正的理解。我幻想有人可以拯救我，勇于亲口对我说：你的父母是残忍的人，他们不爱你，可你值得被爱。我爱你。 羡慕作者在确诊后身边仍有充满爱的另一半。嫉妒使我面目全非 (展开)