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8.84k reviews for:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
4.27 AVERAGE
8.84k reviews for:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
4.27 AVERAGE
informative
slow-paced
emotional
informative
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
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slow-paced
one of the books i will no doubt refer to again and again
informative
reflective
slow-paced
This book was utterly fantastic. Recommended by my psychiatrist when getting a diagnosis of PTSD, the way so much of my life made sense reading this. It took me a long time to read and many tears, it obviously has stories which are intense and can be triggering but if you go in expecting that I think this book is truly revolutionary in how it discusses trauma in such a detailed yet easy to understand manner.
Heavy reading, but highly informative. Took me a while to work through it.
informative
slow-paced
Unfortunately this was required for school but van der Kolk has quite the reputation for *inflicting* trauma on people. I learned a lot with this book — it could also be delivered in ways that aren’t turning someone’s trauma into trauma porn. There are better books out there … this isn’t it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, War, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced