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

Successful on the outside. Constantly on edge on the inside. And no idea why.

Stephanie Foo had the career she'd worked for, and still found herself panicking at her desk, unable to explain why ordinary moments felt so dangerous. Then she was diagnosed with complex PTSD, and started trying to understand what that actually meant.

What My Bones Know is the story of that search. Foo writes about growing up in an abusive home, and then about everything she tried as an adult to understand and work with what it left behind, from therapy to the science of trauma to returning to the people and places she came from.

What's inside

• What complex PTSD can look like from the inside, in day-to-day adult life
• An honest account of different approaches to recovery, including what didn't help
• The research behind complex trauma, explained through lived experience
• A realistic picture of healing as an ongoing process, not a finish line

Who it's for

Readers who have worked through the Complex PTSD workbooks and want to hear from someone who has lived it.

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Digital PDF, available for immediate download after purchase. Author: Stephanie Foo. This book contains descriptions of childhood abuse. It is a personal account and self-help resource, and is not a substitute for professional care.