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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
squirrelsteph's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
markcastaneda's review against another edition
4.0
really a phenomenal book, and I kinda feel like reading it made me reassess my own trauma (including what I consider trauma, what's worked for me in my mental health journey, etc). Definitely a more traditional psych book in that it is very dense, full of citations & references & empirical evidence, but still willing to take some alluring liberties in utilizing folks' stories to demonstrate conceptual analyses.
towards the end, i got a little topic fatigue. wish I had been aware that this is a dense 350 pages, and even though it's expertly organized, it was a little too much for me to read casually. I bet it would be amazing in a classroom context with others to discuss with.
towards the end, i got a little topic fatigue. wish I had been aware that this is a dense 350 pages, and even though it's expertly organized, it was a little too much for me to read casually. I bet it would be amazing in a classroom context with others to discuss with.
passthedetritus's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
miscre_antelope's review against another edition
The author empathizes more with a traumatized soldier that has difficulty settling back into civilian life after he kills a child and rapes a woman in “revenge”, than he does with any of the victims of assault. Didn’t finish. Do not recommend especially for anyone with PTSD or C-PTSD.
annamariemich's review against another edition
uhh it’s a no for me, don’t recommend unless skin clear and there’s a lick of stability in ur life
thelauraxe's review against another edition
3.0
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I get it - I need to go back to therapy.