Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

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

16 reviews

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

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

ahhhreadzombiez's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, War, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Incest, Drug use, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse

ansmbc's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Grief, Body shaming, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Genocide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, and Incest

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

indiana_sorell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Medical content, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder

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

issyd23's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

2.0

Too boring 2🧠

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual violence, Addiction, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Emotional abuse

malachinelson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This is an incredible, empathetic, and intelligent book. However, I would only encourage you to read it if you are ready to be challenged. It would be good to have some emotional reserves while reading this book, and to be gentle with yourself while reading it. It may bring up some uncomfortable emotions which deserve to be navigated carefully.

I started it because I thought to myself, "I haven't dealt with too much trouble, but I know my life hasn't been perfect. I should probably read this to learn tips and tricks to make my life a little better." Well, reading this book was a good idea, but it also challenged me to examine the traumas and difficulties I had underplayed. The book challenged me to be empathetic toward myself and consider the pursuit of interventions which could help me get back in touch with my body. It has also given me greater compassion for those who have experienced a number of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). I think this book has encouraged me to be a better person to myself and others.

However, it is a pretty dense book, too. The content is fantastic and well-explained by Dr. van der Kolk, but still quite academic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Alcoholism, Suicide, Chronic illness, Car accident, Addiction, Pedophilia, Murder, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, War, Sexual violence, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Bullying

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Gun violence, and Genocide