Reviews tagging 'Child death'

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

64 reviews

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Car accident, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Child death, Rape, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Pedophilia, Medical content, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, War, Death of parent, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Death, and Chronic illness

Minor: Vomit, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

An in depth look at 1- just how common trauma is in the US (and other places but this mostly focuses on a US-Canada context), 2-the treatments being developed to treat trauma more effectively, and 3-the ways in which trauma manifests physically and not just mentally. While you are reading this, you will be confronted with a lot of difficult things, and it does include trauma that comes from people who did the horrific thing, not just experienced them (everything involving every Vietnam veteran in this book seemed to revolve around the horrific things the soldiers did in Vietnam). This book is probably most helpful to those in the field of trauma recovery, as a lot of the treatments discussed aren't really things that the average person can do on their own. 

I think it's also important to know that this author has been accused of mistreating employees, and if you want to avoid that, here you go. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/07/allegations-employee-mistreatment-roil-renowned-trauma-center/sWW13agQDY9B9A1rt9eqnK/story.html

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Sexual violence, and War

pipn_t's review against another edition

Too many traumatic stories 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, and Car accident

randeerebecca's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Rape, Violence, Incest, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

idk i just wasn't getting a lot out of it and it was getting a little too much for me to handle. i don't feel comfortable giving a rating but i will say i liked the chapter on language i thought that was really cool

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Death, War, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Death of parent, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion

this is a very heavy book please take all of these warnings to heart and know your limits there are so many descriptions of sexual assault (including of children)

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

 To me, someone who isn't dealing with (C)PTSD, overall very informative; some chapters more than others. And if I take anything from this book, it's that I really should work on doing yoga regulary because there are only benefits from doing it.

I wouldn't recommend this to people who can't or don't want to read about anything that comes to mind in regards to child abuse. Some of the patients' stories are harrowing and I can easily see how this could be very triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Incest, War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Murder and Child death

Minor: Gun violence, Sexism, Addiction, and Alcoholism

◦ Eating disorder = incl. force-feeding

meyahp's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Classism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

theskyboi's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Self harm, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Murder, War, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Physical abuse, Incest, Drug abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Suicide, Child abuse, and Child death

stephaniemeyers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

If you’re looking to learn a lot of trauma and therapy, this is a great book. It can be pretty upsetting though, given that most chapters feature 1-2 case stories about horrifyingly traumatic events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Incest, Abandonment, Torture, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm

highitsanais's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Rape, Medical content, Terminal illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, and Miscarriage