Reviews tagging 'War'

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

216 reviews

lilo000's review

informative slow-paced

3.5

Definitely a super informative/interesting read. I think the knowledge/information is a must for any adult, but I don't know if this book is necessarily a need-to-read unless you prefer hearing some more research methods/data. Would definitely recommend as an audiobook to anyone who, like me, doesn't do well with slow-paced books. This was one of the slower paced books I think I've ever read, but the information was inherently interesting to me. I would not suggest listening to this as an audiobook before going to sleep. Definitely listen to it when you're fairly awake because I'm not sure if I missed any chapters while the book was playing, and I fell asleep - whoops. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, War, and Physical abuse

fetherfall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Murder

fraeyalise's review against another edition

I could not get through the first chapter - it is too hard for me to read about other's trauma, especially about horrors like the Vietnam war, especially after having a child of my own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and War

seawarrior's review against another edition

Quit reading because of lack of focus. I doubt I will continue the book because its descriptions of war criminals are so far removed from what I wanted to know about trauma in order to apply it to myself and my own settings. The author also seemed uncomfortably self-absorbed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, and Rape

chelanna22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Incest, Abandonment, Self harm, War, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Rape, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mass/school shootings

akvolcano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Loved reading this book! Trauma is always spoken in the context of war veterans, but the intricacies are never fully connected. This book well develops the connection. It actually goes further by not separating citizen trauma from war trauma, but speaks of them on the same level. When I began this reading I was skeptical if there would be any new concepts or material. I am happy to say that there was in fact exploration in areas that have not been fed into mainstream media! As a survivor myself, I enjoy that throughout the book there is consistently stories of people being shared. I would like to read a book like this one that takes its central concepts and goes a bit further. Overall, excellent well researched and articulated book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, War, and Violence

eelizard's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Classism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, War, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, and Self harm

rebeccakate07's review

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, War, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

very good, well written and informative. i do wish the author focused less on veterans and more on those with different forms and reasons for ptsd and trauma. obviously nothing wrong with the information/research about veterans but i feel like there wasn’t enough diversity in its participants/examples

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and War

karladuhrla's review

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Domestic abuse, War, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia