Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

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

25 reviews

ungles's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, Genocide, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Genocide, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Abandonment, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Child abuse, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexism, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Drug use, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Cancer, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

jennifer_vars's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

"We have learned that trauma is not just an event that took place sometime in the past; it is also the imprint left by that experience on mind, brain, and body. This imprint has ongoing consequences for how the human organism manages to survive in the present. Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think."

This is a hard book to "recommend". It's a book about trauma and there are really graphic examples that almost make this book unbearable. Serious content warning here for anyone who has experienced PTSD, violence or SA.

I've been working through it for about a year, I had to put it aside a few times. A good part of this book consists of very clinical terminology so I think it was really targeted for mental health professionals. However, I thought the chapters towards the end were accessible and gave an interesting look into how trauma marks bodies in ways that we don't consciously notice. 

I especially connected with the sections where the author writes about how theater, stories, music, and sports foster competence and collective bonding. 

The author writes about Ubuntu, a Xhosa principle that means "My humanity is inextricably bound up in yours." Trauma breeds further trauma; hurt people hurt other people.

Maybe the world is becoming a more traumatic place but maybe we are just more conscious of the implications of trauma on ourselves and our families. Maybe more people are working to break the cycle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Self harm, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt