![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In this deeply personal and thoroughly researched account, Stephanie interviews scientists and psychologists and tries a variety of innovative therapies with the determination and curiosity of an award-winning journalist. Finding few resources to help her heal, Stephanie set out to map her experience onto the scarce scientific research on C-PTSD. She thought she'd overcome her trauma, but her diagnosis illuminated the ways in which her past continued to threaten her health, her relationships, and her career. Both of Stephanie's parents had abandoned her as a teenager after years of physical and verbal abuse and neglect. After years of questioning what was wrong with her, she was diagnosed with Complex PTSD-a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years. But behind her office door she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk. By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as a radio producer at This American Life and had won an Emmy. "A searing memoir of reckoning and healing from an acclaimed journalist and former This American Life producer investigating the little-understood science behind Complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life. ![]()
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