Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

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

159 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

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

jay_oaus's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

It’s straight up a triggering piece however the information surround the different types of trauma and trauma manage was still a valuable take from this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Car accident, Incest, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

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

wintermdavis's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

2.0

The information is so important, but I found most of the storytelling to be either unnecessary or upsetting. It made an already lengthy book so much longer.

Lots of triggers, lots of self-indulgence by the author, and not nearly as enlightening or informative as I'd hoped. 

I'm sure there are better books on this subject.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction and Adult/minor relationship

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

meyahp's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Classism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis