Reviews tagging 'War'

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

234 reviews

minty's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Alll the trigger warnings before delving into this one--be sure you're in a good state of mind, for sure. Really interesting exploration of trauma. Could've been a bit less graphic in some of the examples. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

jazzsonnet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

sassyopera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and War

cake_cats_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

krystakatheen's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Slightly triggering, but very informative. Major focus on war, childhood and sexual assault PTSD rather than relational. Very repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Suicide attempt

lenor1058's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Police brutality, and Trafficking

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

ahhhreadzombiez's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

lilo000's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.5

Definitely a super informative/interesting read. I think the knowledge/information is a must for any adult, but I don't know if this book is necessarily a need-to-read unless you prefer hearing some more research methods/data. Would definitely recommend as an audiobook to anyone who, like me, doesn't do well with slow-paced books. This was one of the slower paced books I think I've ever read, but the information was inherently interesting to me. I would not suggest listening to this as an audiobook before going to sleep. Definitely listen to it when you're fairly awake because I'm not sure if I missed any chapters while the book was playing, and I fell asleep - whoops. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

fetherfall's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and War