Reviews tagging 'Rape'

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

316 reviews

or10n's review against another edition

 DNF (21%)
I mean, its a functional psychological text, but it just wasn't what I thought it was. It was sterile and cold and OVERTLY blasé about rape. I may pick it back up again someday, but for now, I simply have too many other (better) books I could be reading. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

naff_tm's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

a heavy yet necessary read about the effects of trauma, how it envelops a person, and an array of solutions to combat and overcome it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, War, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Addiction, and Alcoholism

emilyb99's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

he’s a very intelligent man. Unfortunately after reading it I discovered he had allegations against him for creating a hostile work environment among woman 😭 so I would recommend pirating this only lol.

I mean what’s done is done I’ve read the book. I don't need to reject the good he has done to my brain now that l've heard about some of the bad. 

I did think it was odd that the indigo I went to had 10 copies of his book and then suddenly they were all gone as if they had been sent away 😭! 

Anywho, 

This is quite a long read. It is also very descriptive of his patients trauma. I feel like without him stroking his own ego at times or getting too detailed about the brain this book could be 1/3rd shorter. But it’s fine, it’s very well written regardless and it did help me. It was extremely insightful, he has decades of experience in many different places. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Sexual assault, War, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

idk i just wasn't getting a lot out of it and it was getting a little too much for me to handle. i don't feel comfortable giving a rating but i will say i liked the chapter on language i thought that was really cool

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Death, War, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Car accident, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Death of parent, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abortion

this is a very heavy book please take all of these warnings to heart and know your limits there are so many descriptions of sexual assault (including of children)

veryill's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Incest, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

spacekee's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, War, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident

krabinovitz's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Overall very informative and interesting book

At times it was repetitive, and towards the end when exploring treatment options he promotes a number of treatments that aren’t evidence-based like EMDR therapy that hasn’t been proven useful with well-researched studies. I still found those sections interesting, but it was lacking an acknowledgement on how limited the research on efficacy of some of these treatments really is 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Rape, Violence, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

horizonous's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.5

 To me, someone who isn't dealing with (C)PTSD, overall very informative; some chapters more than others. And if I take anything from this book, it's that I really should work on doing yoga regulary because there are only benefits from doing it.

I wouldn't recommend this to people who can't or don't want to read about anything that comes to mind in regards to child abuse. Some of the patients' stories are harrowing and I can easily see how this could be very triggering. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Incest, War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Murder and Child death

Minor: Gun violence, Sexism, Addiction, and Alcoholism

◦ Eating disorder = incl. force-feeding

meyahp's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Car accident, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Classism, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

genstrong's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Grief, Rape, Mental illness, Self harm, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and War