Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

74 reviews

codeimagine's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

jesselopod's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

This book took me a long time to read, as the first section has every trigger warning under the sun, and didn’t fit my habit of reading before bed. But, it taught me an incredible amount about things I have experienced and how my brain functions (or doesn’t) as well as better understanding the impacts of trauma on my friends and family and society as a whole. It is both practical, a fascinating look into the changing field of trauma treatment and science, and filled with hope. 

My only downsides of the book was that it was pretty emphatic about some of the treatment options, not that I disagree with them, but it would have been interesting to hear more variations or other schools of thought… but I guess that will take further reading. Even with that, it’s one of the best books I have ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Every trigger warning

aeterna's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence

caitlinderocker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Rape, Abandonment, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

heatherdavies's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Violence, Car accident, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War

eavers's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

karolinakriauzaite's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

5.0

This book was incredible and explained subgenres of traumas and their symptoms in really good ways with great examples of her students AND analogies. Overall a girthy 5, won’t stop recommending this book to people :p

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, and Incest

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

maurits's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Murder, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, War, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Alcoholism, Car accident, Incest, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Suicidal thoughts

tetedump's review against another edition

hopeful informative sad slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, and Xenophobia

rosilee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide