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

121 reviews

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

cannesi's review against another edition

I had to skip around since it was a library book with many holds, but I feel as I read enough to say something. I read as much of this book as I could, but found myself stuck with all the scientific words or not wanting to read about the experiences that I myself did not relate to. Suffice it to say, I skipped over a lot of the veteran stories. I feel like I am at a point in my own mental health journey that made it safe for me to read this book. However, if you are not there, stay away. It can be highly triggering although I did feel as though some of the explanations used really helped me to put things into perspective.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

5.0

A therapist recommended this to my husband to help him explore PTSD treatments that he can try and maybe get even more familiar with PTSD. I found this book informative, inspiring, hopeful, and heartbreaking. It was tough reading about the history of scapegoating PTSD research, and it was great reading about evolving treatments as discoveries are made. Strong content warnings for rape, child and domestic abuse, medical trauma, and many more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, War, and Injury/Injury detail

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Classism

upperjackpain's review against another edition

challenging informative fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, and Car accident

mariamorrone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-paced

3.0

This book was very interesting and I learned a lot about myself. However, I found it incredibly hard to get through as the content is very dense. It reminded me of my psychology textbooks from when I was in university. I recommended this book to those willing to put in the work and time to read it. 

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Content Warnings

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

words_for_nerds's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

jordanmueller's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

rini's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

This book was a LOT!!!

I initially started reading the dead tree version a couple of years ago, but was so put off by something described near the start that I just couldn't continue.

CW for war, murder, sexual violence

(The incident in question was about a Vietnam vet with PTSD who recounted that after his best friend was killed in combat, he went on a "revenge" rampage at a local village, murdering children, farmers, and raping a woman. All that detail was utterly unnecessary and, as a survivor of rape, hugely triggering and OMFG I don't give a fuck about this dude's PTSD.)

I'm glad that autistics only came up once in passing tbh (though the link between being autistic and being traumatised is well documented, this author would NOT have handled it well!!). It was bad enough hearing so much (ableist/cringey stuff) about ADHD!

Overall, I think it was a worthwhile read, and gave me more insight on trauma, but yikes it was a LOT!!
The author wasn't wrong when he called himself a trauma voyeur (or maybe he said someone else called him that and he had to agree.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Abortion, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Vomit, and Dementia

beccaruthe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Trafficking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment