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Co ci się przydarzyło? Rozmowy o traumie, odporności psychicznej i zdrowieniu by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

19 reviews

sharladione's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

If you want to understand your own trauma or the trauma of those you love, and how to move forward from it, this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Torture, Colonisation, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Trafficking, Police brutality, Eating disorder, and Abortion

bennificial's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this book and learned a lot about conceptions of trauma. I liked thinking about relational health and community traumas and the importance of togetherness. I wish that there had been a little more on forgiveness, healing, and communication.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Violence, and Sexual assault

barelyconcealed's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

2.0

 This book is odd; I listened to this because it was recommended to do it that way - the book is more of a conversation between Dr. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. This is perhaps the part that makes it odd in that several times throughout the book they would reference third parties - either people dealing with their own trauma, or folks like Maori community elders, and I kept thinking "wow I wish they had written this book instead."

This book is a work of pop-science, and that's to its detriment since it frequently relies on anecdotes - truly horrific anecdotes - to support its conclusions and then when it mentions the science frequently seems to admit that the results just aren't in yet.

Other negative reviews have pointed out its mixed messages - namely that it seems to believe that trauma is ingrained and permanent, but also that you can heal through it. There is a finality to the way that trauma is presented.

If this had been an article, it might have been revelatory. As a book, I bounced about halfway through 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

ksuazo94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

erynpaige's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Self harm, Abandonment, Grief, and Mental illness

fionajp's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

carmenvillaman's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

ellaaj's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual assault, and War

chikitungis's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This should be a REQUIRED read for everyone.. it is so important to understand how our mind and body develop after experiencing any sort of trauma. Wow. Let’s shift the conversation from “What is wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”. Great book with lots of helpful information (that is referenced and easy to grasp all throughout the book), and stories that show examples of the intricacy of trauma in the life of an individual. Wonderfully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Police brutality and Racism