Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

148 reviews

saskia_ej's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, Incest, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, and Violence

eliosbooks's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is truly extraordinary, I love it so much as someone recently reliving a trauma through nightmares and flashbacks this book has been so validating and helpful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Drug use, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Self harm

this is an informative trauma book that doesn't shy away from anything so just be aware of that

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

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

meg_reads83's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Eating disorder and Bullying

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

naff_tm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

a heavy yet necessary read about the effects of trauma, how it envelops a person, and an array of solutions to combat and overcome it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, 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)

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

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