Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

150 reviews

madisonthacker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Incest, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Medical content, Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

melist6's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

shadfield34's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Definitely a heavy read and one that trauma survivors should tread lightly reading.

It's now 10 years old so I'm sure (hope?) the research has moved on considerably but it was an insightful read and a subject I would like to read more into.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Sexual violence, and War

ryyyaaan's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

This was recommend to me by my therapist after I was recently diagnosed with PTSD. It has so much fantastic information, and it makes my life experiences make so much sense. It was quite difficult to get through at times; it covers a lot of heavy topics and stories of trauma, but it’s absolutely worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Alcohol, Rape, War, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Sexual assault

valthegervs's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Incest, Addiction, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Rape

nialystic's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Drug abuse, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Minor: Fatphobia

nineinchnails's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

this was a little hard to get through but super interesting! i struggled a little with the centering of veterans but i feel like this is more aimed at therapists (who have to treat all patients with compassion) than potential clients so i understand i don’t need to be comfortable with everything in here. overall this was so insightful and made me reflect a lot so i personally got a lot from this book, however, there is a lot of triggering content so i do advise proceeding with caution. it’s not perfect and there’s a lot of controversy surrounding the author but i still going it worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

Minor: Animal death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Grief, Suicide, Addiction, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Car accident, Torture, and War

Post traumatic stress disorder, Child sexual abuse, Child neglect, and Prostitution/Sex work

michellecurtis983's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, and Addiction

saskia_ej's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, Incest, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Violence

eliosbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is truly extraordinary, I love it so much as someone recently reliving a trauma through nightmares and flashbacks this book has been so validating and helpful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Self harm

this is an informative trauma book that doesn't shy away from anything so just be aware of that