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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
74 reviews
ungles's review against another edition
4.0
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
vigil's review against another edition
bessel van der kolk has spent thirty years in practice which gives the book a somewhat academic, frank edge. it’s very insightful into traumatized individuals across the board, but i wouldn’t recommend it to any traumatized person off the bat due to kolk’s unrestrained tone throughout the book.
i have seen some question the ideas and theories he speaks of in here, but i’m (and probably them as well, if we’re being honest) not qualified to dissect that fully. nevertheless, i think everything in here is worth giving some thought to.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Classism, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, War, Chronic illness, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship
zairabardos's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Rape, War, Suicide, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Incest
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Drug use
victoria_catherine_shaw's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Violence, War, Self harm, and Rape
mandi4886's review against another edition
5.0
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
upperjackpain's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
words_for_nerds's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and War
rini's review against another edition
4.0
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
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.)
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War
Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, and Bullying
Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Homophobia, and Vomit
beccaruthe's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and War
Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide attempt
carlitabeth's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, and War