Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

341 reviews

rbarajas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

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

mmartinko11's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and War

annerbtw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

 3.78/5 ⭐️ - because I want to be difficult with my rating.

I liked it, I found it insightful, but I think I went in with the wrong expectations. I assumed that by the end of the book, you'd have resources that could be "easily" applied to your own mental health journey. Kolk definitely teaches you about them, but they're not easily applied to anything specific you might have going on. It's a very educational read... but don't read it side-by-side with A Little Life, my GOD... do not.

Also, (sorry for long review, anyone reading) there are some negative reviews about Kolk sympathizing with horrible people - I don't necessarily think that's true. The same way that people find documentaries about serial killers interesting, I think the same applies here. I would never excuse the actions some mentally disturbed people do at the beginning of this book, but I think it's important for us to find the source (if there is one), and figure out how to keep it from happening again. There can be a lot of fascination in this topic because of just how complex humans are, how complex the brain is.... that's what the whole book is about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

nonbinarian_librarian's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and War

rachelmabarca's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense slow-paced

5.0

This book was life-changing and paradigm-shifting for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

Overall intense, sometimes painful to read. Not for the faint of heart.

v_neptune's review against another edition

just wasn't feeling it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and War

dreamingpages's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Extremely informative and insightful. I like that the book includes information on the shortcomings of psychiatric drugs and government policies. My only small complaint is that I was taken aback by some the really extreme examples of trauma. I think I would have liked a warning for some of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

scripturient's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Medical trauma, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicide

selkiedd's review against another edition

informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A really phenomenally written piece of nonfiction. Great balance of data-relevant stories and also explaining technical aspects of the science behind all of it. Loved the narrative tone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and War

Be warned - very triggering for some, I had to put the book down nearly every other page to process. That made it a slow read but very worth it imo.

rasy's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Medical trauma, and Abandonment