Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

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

10 reviews

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

jussery's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

This book was really useful to me in how it summarized a lot of research findings in an interesting and succinct way (not to say this book wasn't long, it definitely was). Halfway into this book I found out that the author is not really a great guy, which definetely soured anything I read from his perspective. I found some of his descriptions of women kinda gross. I thought he went too far describing some patient's trauma. This book has so many triggers and I read it as someone without PTSD (I have a depersonalization disorder though, and was hoping to uncover more about that through this book) - so a big warning to anyone considering reading it! Overall though, I still gave this book 4 stars just because I think it really captured a lot of research studies on trauma in a digestible way (could do without the authors excessive descriptions though). And it really helped me contextualize some of my symptoms and how they are biologically based, which helped me put less blame on myself for them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, War, Chronic illness, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Sexism, Alcoholism, Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Medical trauma

m_rain's review against another edition

On page 13 the author defends a r*pist. In the 13 pages I read, I did not see any critical thinking about the source of trauma, solutions to trauma, or the traumatization of society as we know it. The lack of depth and critical thinking from the author, along with the blatant disrespect for survivors of violence, has prevented me from reading this book any further. I do not recommend this book at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Racism, Domestic abuse, Sexism, and Misogyny

_dear_reader_'s review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicide, Murder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Car accident, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Genocide, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug use, Child death, Bullying, Alcoholism, Rape, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Cancer, Blood, Alcohol, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Incest, and Emotional abuse

novella42's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, War, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Sexual harassment

caitlinderocker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

ungles's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, War, Genocide, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

storine's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, War, Sexism, Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

mandi4886's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexism, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Drug use, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Cancer, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

alsoapples's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence