Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

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

113 reviews

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

readsbysimba's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Incest, and War

jenniegarcian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Rape, War, Domestic abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

turidt's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Rape

Moderate: War, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Murder

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

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

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

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

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

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Car accident, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Child death, Rape, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Pedophilia, Medical content, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, War, Death of parent, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

edenfaulkner's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I think trauma is an important topic for everyone to understand, at least to some extent, especially since our current systems often fail to acknowledge or address its long term effects. Odds are we’ve all either experienced trauma or know someone who has. I found this book helpful because Dr. van der Kolk describes trauma and its effects on the body in a way that’s easy to understand and provides in-depth examples of various treatments methods (other than medication) that have proven effective for many patients. My big takeaway from this book is that the road to recovery and healing isn’t always a straight path. Some things work for some people that don’t work for others. It’s important to find what treatment works for you. I also learned a lot about how trauma can affect behavior, how medication is often overprescribed, and much more. Very fascinating and informative read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Sexual violence, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Rape

takeiteasypolicy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Addiction, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

samcsmith's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Chronic illness, and Confinement