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4.25


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oytser's review against another edition

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4.5

Great book for those interested in the psychology and treatment of trauma. I personally found it incredibly useful in navigating my own recovery from a traumatic experience in my life.
Can occasionally be triggering, has a lot of unwarned mentions of sexual abuse, neglect, traumatic events, etc. 

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4.0


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tetedump's review against another edition

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4.75


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ungles's review against another edition

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4.0


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mandi4886's review against another edition

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5.0


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4.5


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rini's review against another edition

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4.0

This book was a LOT!!!

I initially started reading the dead tree version a couple of years ago, but was so put off by something described near the start that I just couldn't continue.

CW for war, murder, sexual violence
(The incident in question was about a Vietnam vet with PTSD who recounted that after his best friend was killed in combat, he went on a "revenge" rampage at a local village, murdering children, farmers, and raping a woman. All that detail was utterly unnecessary and, as a survivor of rape, hugely triggering and OMFG I don't give a fuck about this dude's PTSD.)


I'm glad that autistics only came up once in passing tbh (though the link between being autistic and being traumatised is well documented, this author would NOT have handled it well!!). It was bad enough hearing so much (ableist/cringey stuff) about ADHD!

Overall, I think it was a worthwhile read, and gave me more insight on trauma, but yikes it was a LOT!!
The author wasn't wrong when he called himself a trauma voyeur (or maybe he said someone else called him that and he had to agree.)

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4.0


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