Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

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

10 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

valleysoshady's review

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I think everyone should read this book. It can inform how techers deal with students, how parents raise their children, how adults reconcile their habits and behviours with past experience. Using the examplesnof vetrans experiencing PTSD and adults with Complex PTSD resulting from childhood or adult trauma, the author uses case studies in symptoms and healing from  trauma and how specific types of  therapies can help.

The book uses extreme experiences to show how people are shaped by their environments and gives hope in the resilience of the brain for overcoming instinctual reactions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Bullying, Self harm, Abandonment, Addiction, Medical content, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Incest, Violence, Child abuse, and Drug use

The contents are carefully handled in the context of medical experience to inform understandingbof impact, but can be triggering.

akvolcano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.75

Loved reading this book! Trauma is always spoken in the context of war veterans, but the intricacies are never fully connected. This book well develops the connection. It actually goes further by not separating citizen trauma from war trauma, but speaks of them on the same level. When I began this reading I was skeptical if there would be any new concepts or material. I am happy to say that there was in fact exploration in areas that have not been fed into mainstream media! As a survivor myself, I enjoy that throughout the book there is consistently stories of people being shared. I would like to read a book like this one that takes its central concepts and goes a bit further. Overall, excellent well researched and articulated book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Racism, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, War, and Violence

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

brookerobbo's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, War, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Incest, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Medical trauma

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

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

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

thira's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

downsophialane's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault