Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

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

160 reviews

edenfaulkner's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I think trauma is an important topic for everyone to understand, at least to some extent, especially since our current systems often fail to acknowledge or address its long term effects. Odds are we’ve all either experienced trauma or know someone who has. I found this book helpful because Dr. van der Kolk describes trauma and its effects on the body in a way that’s easy to understand and provides in-depth examples of various treatments methods (other than medication) that have proven effective for many patients. My big takeaway from this book is that the road to recovery and healing isn’t always a straight path. Some things work for some people that don’t work for others. It’s important to find what treatment works for you. I also learned a lot about how trauma can affect behavior, how medication is often overprescribed, and much more. Very fascinating and informative read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Sexual violence, Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Rape

takeiteasypolicy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Addiction, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism

samcsmith's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, War, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Chronic illness, and Confinement

chelina_bobina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

A hard read but super inspiring and eye opening about the way trauma affects people and different ways to cope with intense trauma. Not a fix all to problems but a great place to start in order to rebuild your mental health. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Grief, Dysphoria, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, War, Suicide, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Car accident, Addiction, and Alcoholism

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)

veryill's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

spacekee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

krabinovitz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Overall very informative and interesting book

At times it was repetitive, and towards the end when exploring treatment options he promotes a number of treatments that aren’t evidence-based like EMDR therapy that hasn’t been proven useful with well-researched studies. I still found those sections interesting, but it was lacking an acknowledgement on how limited the research on efficacy of some of these treatments really is 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Rape, Violence, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

genstrong's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, Mental illness, Self harm, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

kaylynnlock's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, War, Rape, Medical trauma, Grief, Abandonment, Violence, Suicide, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Self harm and Car accident