Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

341 reviews

ellaxiao's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

big takeaway: healing from trauma isn’t forgetting or getting over it but integrating trauma into general memory in a way that can be safe and accessible for the brain and body. even trauma this is not being held onto by the conscious mind needs this processing 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and War

courtneyfalling's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.5

I actively contemplated DNFing this the whole time and didn't because I wanted to understand the massive hype and genuinely build an argument against it. Yeah, I regret it. It was... an experience. van der Kolk goes into incredibly vivid and subjective detail about his clients' traumas, worst in the anecdotes where he makes troubling and deeply misogynistic statements about female sexual assault survivors he's worked with. It didn't personally sit well with me at all. This was super unenjoyable and slogging to read. 

He's also surprisingly in favor of biological and neuroscientific explanations of trauma, even while (in contradicting ways) registering how widespread and societal of a problem trauma-inducing abuse is. His insistence that getting more expansive DSM definitions instead of, you know, abolishing the DSM would magically make everything better is not it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

tecryouapart's review against another edition

i'm taking a break from this indefinitely.
idk man, when i pick a book up about trauma, as someone with trauma, i don't really want to read about the oh so poor war criminal who feels remorse for the r*pe and child murder he committed. oh, he feels like he can't hold his wife because he can't stop thinking about the woman he r*ped? good. he deserves all that suffering, and then some.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual violence

aeterna's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Abandonment

horrorandscience's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Gun violence and Misogyny

caitlinderocker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

heatherdavies's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and War

mohekki's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Great book. Very long and technical. Would be beneficial for readers with a base knowledge in mental health. Absolutely enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

This book is about being trauma-informed and has exampled of trauma from real situations.

tsweet7's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

eavers's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment