Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

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

32 reviews

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

audreyunofficial's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Grief

genevieveevelyn13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

A very intense book of stories that help explain the complexities of PTSD and how your body interacts with a broken  nervous system. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Suicide, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

drought_season's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Addiction, Bullying, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Incest, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, War, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Torture, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Rape, Classism, Alcohol, Addiction, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Self harm, Infidelity, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Animal death, Gore, Car accident, Cancer, Sexual harassment, Forced institutionalization, Sexual content, Confinement, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking, Police brutality, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

phouka's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Cancer

As this book is about trauma, it gives lots of references and in some cases examples of hard topics.

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

skylover's review against another edition

textbook heavy content and mildly triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Rape, Murder, Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and War

rbarajas's review

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and War

beklovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

An excellent textbook on trauma and the science-backed approaches to healing from it. Also an interesting journey through the author’s professional experiences that led to his outstanding knowledge on the subject. 

Read the trigger warnings and take them seriously. He often gives details about horrific abuse and sensitive information about patients, later illustrating their growth, but I would imagine it would be too much for many people with backgrounds touched by abuse, neglect, suicide etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Incest, Rape, War, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Dysphoria, Torture, War, Biphobia, and Eating disorder