As a result of the cellular changes that occur when one suffers trauma, trauma can be passed down through genetics, affecting future generations. Tracing back her family history, Foo learns of the trauma her predecessors suffered during Japan’s occupation of Malaysia. Additionally, Foo explores how trauma can be passed down from generation to generation.
This is because the repeated trauma these children endure transforms the cells in their bodies, making them more susceptible to life-threatening illnesses. Foo explains how, according to scientific research, children who suffer from child abuse have lower life expectancies.
In particular, Foo’s exploration of how mental illness is connected to physical illness was most enlightening. What My Bones Know is an extremely interesting and unique memoir. All the while, Foo bravely paints us an intimate portrait of her childhood and the abuse she suffered at the hands of her parents, who both abandoned her as a teenager. Throughout her memoir, Foo takes us along with her on her path of recovery as she seeks help through medical and psychiatric therapies. In her searing memoir, Foo delves into her diagnosis with C-PTSD - a complex version of post-traumatic stress disorder that occurs when one suffers trauma continuously over a long period of time. But behind her office door, she suffered from debilitating panic attacks and depressive episodes.
She had landed her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and had found love. By age thirty, Stephanie Foo’s life appeared perfect on paper.
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