Reviews tagging 'Torture'

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

50 reviews

s_lorenz's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Emotional abuse, Incest, Murder, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Bullying, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, Self harm, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

averagereadin's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Drug abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Addiction, Bullying, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Alcoholism, Death, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

jamiejanae_6's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gore, Sexual violence, Self harm, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and War

lj_sophia's review against another edition

I didn't enjoy how filled up this book is with the author's inflated ego. He also picks and chooses who to provide sympathy to and it's usually the men he treated. It comes off as unfeeling and sometimes predatory. 

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Content Warnings

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

owlribbon's review against another edition

challenging

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Suicide, Rape, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and War

mitziatratum's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, War, Torture, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Racism, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Mass/school shootings, Domestic abuse, Death, Incest, Gun violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Drug use, Drug abuse, Child death, Car accident, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Ableism, and Abandonment

chapstickdealer's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Medical content

Minor: Sexual violence, Incest, Genocide, Rape, Murder, Death, Colonisation, Alcoholism, and Torture

plutastar's review against another edition

It seemed more focused on the DSM not acknowledging trauma to include them, rather than giving advice for trauma and how to identify what symptoms in the body could indicate, like I assumed the book would discuss. Maybe I'll continue it at a later date but I would rather read other books now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Eating disorder, Car accident, Child death, War, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Incest, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Self harm

rionstorm's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

Has some interesting information in it, but is super gratuitous with trauma descriptions? Feels a bit creepy at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, War, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Addiction, and Medical trauma

juliaaaaa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Incest, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Bullying, Body shaming, Body horror, Blood, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Abandonment