Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

341 reviews

stephaniemeyers's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

If you’re looking to learn a lot of trauma and therapy, this is a great book. It can be pretty upsetting though, given that most chapters feature 1-2 case stories about horrifyingly traumatic events. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

allegro425's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

5.0

Sometimes very hard to read the stories of trauma written here. But the new developments on how to help people deal with those traumas especially in the final five chapters of the book are just incredible. It makes me want to study those techniques more! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

tmaguire23's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Suicide attempt, and War

drought_season's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Dysphoria

minty's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

Alll the trigger warnings before delving into this one--be sure you're in a good state of mind, for sure. Really interesting exploration of trauma. Could've been a bit less graphic in some of the examples. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Injury/Injury detail

jazzsonnet's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

highitsanais's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

doublel11's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

2.5

This book is very in depth and a bit of a slow, dry read. I really didn't like it in the beginning, but I appreciated the later chapters more. If you want to read a book about trauma, I think "What Happened to You?" is better. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

cake_cats_books's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, and War

krystakatheen's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Slightly triggering, but very informative. Major focus on war, childhood and sexual assault PTSD rather than relational. Very repetitive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Minor: Suicide attempt