Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

14 reviews

jenreddig's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail

cghegan's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Simply of the most important books I’ll ever read. It’s hard to get through, at times, but I feel intensely grateful for this monumental synthesis of information.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Grief, War

bubblypxt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, War

mmm_a_r_i_a_h's review against another edition

0.25

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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A quarter star given for the first two chapters. As a social worker, this is one of the least trauma-informed books that I've read. It's misogynistic and completely absent of diversity and recognition of oppressive systems. Derogatory language used to describe clients. Author has a bad reputation in the mental health field. I would highly suggest researching the controversy about him and this book. Also yet another white cis male telling the world that people develop all bad things from theirs mothers *eye roll*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, War

mangofraiche's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

madisonthacker's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment

plantvolcano's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

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Loved reading this book! Trauma is always spoken in the context of war veterans, but the intricacies are never fully connected. This book well develops the connection. It actually goes further by not separating citizen trauma from war trauma, but speaks of them on the same level. When I began this reading I was skeptical if there would be any new concepts or material. I am happy to say that there was in fact exploration in areas that have not been fed into mainstream media! As a survivor myself, I enjoy that throughout the book there is consistently stories of people being shared. I would like to read a book like this one that takes its central concepts and goes a bit further. Overall, excellent well researched and articulated book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War

eelizard's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

s_lorenz's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Police brutality, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

m_rain's review against another edition

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On page 13 the author defends a r*pist. In the 13 pages I read, I did not see any critical thinking about the source of trauma, solutions to trauma, or the traumatization of society as we know it. The lack of depth and critical thinking from the author, along with the blatant disrespect for survivors of violence, has prevented me from reading this book any further. I do not recommend this book at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence