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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
5 reviews
highitsanais's review against another edition
3.0
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
lj_sophia's review against another edition
Graphic: Self harm, Rape, Mental illness, War, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Incest, Addiction, and Alcoholism
joey1914's review
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Incest, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Addiction, Bullying, Rape, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Cursing, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and War
tseth's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Body horror, Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Rape
helhas3letters's review against another edition
3.5
The first few chapters detail cause-and-effect with lots of evidence from scientific studies, inclusion of brain scans and diagrams, reference to the author's personal experience working for many years in the field of psychiatry, and fascinating case studies of patients at trauma centres. Concludes with a hopeful and substantial chapter on various empirically proven methods of healing from trauma.
Can be heavy at times as it deals with some very serious issues, but overall an inspiring, enlightening, research-based read. Knocked off 1/2 a star as I thought it was a little repetitive at times.
Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, and Child abuse
Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Self harm, Violence, and Rape
Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, and Violence
As this book deals with trauma, there is lots of mention of disturbing and scarring events, however I felt that Van Der Kolk does not go into more detail than is necessary. Most things that can be considered triggers - e.g. death, trafficking, war, domestic abuse - are only mentioned or briefly described to give context to what follows. The author goes into a moderate amount of detail on some instances of child abuse, sexual assault, incest, and self-harm. Mental illness, especially PTSD, is discussed in detail throughout.