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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
19 reviews
gabriella_'s review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Confinement, Body horror, Child abuse, Car accident, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Incest, Sexual harassment, Medical content, Eating disorder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Self harm, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Gun violence, Genocide, Death, Bullying, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
anna_18's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Trafficking, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Self harm, Violence, Emotional abuse, Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Genocide, Domestic abuse, and War
Moderate: Abandonment and Pedophilia
tetedump's review against another edition
4.75
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
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
town_scar's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Genocide, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Abandonment, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Child abuse, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Car accident
moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition
4.0
There was still a lot in here that I really liked and was helpful for me. There are so many aspects of trauma and the healing process that are really valuable and it serves to counter quite a few myths and negative attitudes that I have heard from people who are uninformed about trauma. And it definitely makes me want to look more into EMDR and other treatments outside of just talk therapy. I definitely see why so many people recommend it so highly.
Definitely read with caution of potential triggers, though. I see this recommended a fair amount and most people who I've seen that tote is as *the* book on trauma to read don't mention that the traumatic events are laid out in a fair amount of detail. This includes traumatic incidences during war, sexual assault, incest, torture, neglect, alcoholism/substance abuse, and death.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Rape, Child abuse, War, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Genocide, and Medical trauma
helhas3letters's review against another edition
3.5
The first few chapters detail cause-and-effect with lots of evidence from scientific studies, inclusion of brain scans and diagrams, reference to the author's personal experience working for many years in the field of psychiatry, and fascinating case studies of patients at trauma centres. Concludes with a hopeful and substantial chapter on various empirically proven methods of healing from trauma.
Can be heavy at times as it deals with some very serious issues, but overall an inspiring, enlightening, research-based read. Knocked off 1/2 a star as I thought it was a little repetitive at times.
Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, and Child abuse
Moderate: Incest, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Self harm, Violence, and Rape
Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, War, and Violence
As this book deals with trauma, there is lots of mention of disturbing and scarring events, however I felt that Van Der Kolk does not go into more detail than is necessary. Most things that can be considered triggers - e.g. death, trafficking, war, domestic abuse - are only mentioned or briefly described to give context to what follows. The author goes into a moderate amount of detail on some instances of child abuse, sexual assault, incest, and self-harm. Mental illness, especially PTSD, is discussed in detail throughout.fiveredhens's review against another edition
3.25
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Fatphobia