Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

341 reviews

buggy's review against another edition

Triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and War

ms_sarah621's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War

olivemason's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and War

lunxchloe's review against another edition

DNF at 32%. I find it to be dragged out and very centered around men and war. 

Some things NEED to be put in perspective. As a psychologist, hearing about them using the Rorschach test to determine a patient's state is shocking. At the very least, there has to be a comment that nowadays, this is a debunked method.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, and War

audriew9's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and War

Moderate: Incest and Rape

Minor: Drug abuse

averagereadin's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and War

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and War

bookfriend8's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

Really appreciate this book. I was worried about it being too medical and difficult to understand, but the author provides thorough and accessible explanations on what happens to the human body and mind after trauma, and also offers his opinion on how conditions such as (C)PTSD can effectively be cured. He supports his scientific descriptions with personal and patient anecdotes, and although these were often very graphic and distressing (trigger warning for everything), it helped to balance out the scientific information and to see how they manifest in real life. Understanding how distressing experiences can literally change a person forever really explains the origins of people’s behaviours and patterns. Overall, would give it 5/5, but some chapters were also long-winded and repetitive, and there was plenty of US-defaultism.
It was deeply enlightening for me to read this book and I’m glad I decided to pick it up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Includes virtually all triggering topics, would not recommend to people who aren’t comfortable with difficult or graphic stories, particularly if they relate personally.

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

If you're looking for a self-help book that will tell you how to overcome trauma, this is not it. If, like me, you were more interested in the ways that trauma manifests in the body and mind from a more clinical perspective, as well as the various treatments and their efficacy, it's great. There are plenty of books that accomplish the former and that's not what I was looking for here, so overall I enjoyed this. 

It is quite slow paced and the author is a bit pretentious at times. There is a significant amount of detail involving some of his patients' trauma (more than I feel is necessary in my opinion) but this is coming from someone who suffers from CPTSD; those reading from a clinical perspective without that may feel differently.

I found the first half of the book to be the most interesting because it showed me the ways in which I was holding onto trauma that I hadn't realized. The way that trauma can and does seep into every part of your existence and things that you may not realize were related were in fact a direct result. If that seems interesting to you and you're able to deal with some intense descriptions, it's a worthwhile read. If you're looking for self-help and a less medical, more talk-therapy type of book, this isn't it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Rape, Self harm, and Alcohol

Minor: Confinement, Death, and Death of parent

egcam's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War