What My Bones Know
One study showed that women who have suffered from childhood trauma were 80 percent more likely to develop painful endometriosis.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
The DMN can be silenced significantly by antidepressants or hallucinogenic substances. But the most efficient cure for an overactive DMN is mindfulness.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
“The abused child…must find a way to preserve hope and meaning. The alternative is utter despair, something no child can bear. To preserve her faith in her parents, she must reject the first and most obvious conclusion that something is terribly wrong with them. She will go to any lengths to construct an explanation for her fate that absolves her p
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Yeo’s soybean milk or neon Kickapoo Joy Juice.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
Yes
“We’re going to die. We’re going to die. I’m going to kill myself. I’m going to kill you with me. I can’t do this anymore,” he said in a voice nothing like his own.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
This must have been terrifying
I was approaching “wellness” with the same obsessive, perfectionistic tendencies I’d brought to my job.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
Dr. Ham would tell me that PTSD is only a mental illness in times of peace. The whole point of PTSD is to prepare you for being on the verge of death at any moment.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
Growing up, my father was the smartest kid in the small tin-mining town of Ipoh.
Stephanie Foo • What My Bones Know
I divided the first page into two columns. I titled the left column Gratitude and the right Pride. The idea was to make note of both the things that brought me joy in the world and the ways I brought joy into the world.