Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

341 reviews

julialudovici's review against another edition

extremely graphic descriptions of severe trauma; very triggering for trauma survivors

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Violence, Murder, and War

mirificmoxie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, and Abandonment

ellieburrows2105's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicide

joey1914's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

sauriansouls's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

A fairly clinical but generally compassionate look at one man's work and research into trauma integration. He's not shy about describing the kinds of horror inflicted on those he's studied, which as you might expect is kinda harrowing to read, but it feels more like an appropriate setting of context for the discussion of treatment effectiveness rather than an exercise in voyeurism. Lots of great cases and ideas to explore if you can handle all that though! Even if you can't identify any acute traumatic experiences in your past, I think most people will be able to benefit from the understanding of emotional and physiological integration techniques laid out here.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and War

lynxylisa's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.0

too many details about traumatic patient history

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

rebeccacatherine's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.75

While I wanted recommend this book to some friends, I knew that it would be triggering - and a warning is not posted anywhere within the book. 
The author - Dr. Bessel - has recently been dismissed from the Trauma Center he mentions in the book on charges of bullying and creating a hostile work environment. 
While it was an interesting read, some of the language used by the author suggested problematic views and opinions when it comes to victims of rape and incest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Rape, Abandonment, and War

_dear_reader_'s review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

chapstickdealer's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and War

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Incest, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Colonisation

malachinelson's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

This is an incredible, empathetic, and intelligent book. However, I would only encourage you to read it if you are ready to be challenged. It would be good to have some emotional reserves while reading this book, and to be gentle with yourself while reading it. It may bring up some uncomfortable emotions which deserve to be navigated carefully.

I started it because I thought to myself, "I haven't dealt with too much trouble, but I know my life hasn't been perfect. I should probably read this to learn tips and tricks to make my life a little better." Well, reading this book was a good idea, but it also challenged me to examine the traumas and difficulties I had underplayed. The book challenged me to be empathetic toward myself and consider the pursuit of interventions which could help me get back in touch with my body. It has also given me greater compassion for those who have experienced a number of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences). I think this book has encouraged me to be a better person to myself and others.

However, it is a pretty dense book, too. The content is fantastic and well-explained by Dr. van der Kolk, but still quite academic. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Vomit, and Mass/school shootings