Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

140 reviews

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

_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

sdabeer's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

3.75

As someone in school to be a therapist… there was a lot to think about and dissect 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Medical trauma

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

delery's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.25

this book was... a lot. i don't think i was necessarily in the right headspace to read it at this time. but it covered so many interesting issues, and i liked how it discussed different treatment methods. but also this book made me nauseous so... idk. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

lavendaere's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

This book was so insightful and also sad. It’s a book about the science behind trauma and I learned so much about myself and also others. It is slow paced but I enjoy psychological science and things like that so it was so interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

riversalem's review against another edition

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

I loved this book. It was informative, entertaining, accessible to read and followed a narrative that made sense. It was a powerful argument for alternative treatments of trauma. It was well-written, and thoroughly researched. I could clearly sense that the author was very passionate about this topic and also very knowledgeable. A must-read for anybody working in mental or physical healthcare. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Forced institutionalization

toephia's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, and War

katiethepenguin's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

2.0

I would recommend others to read it. Buuut it was really slow and I did skim most of it. I knew going in that there would be a lot of discussion of psychological experiments and quantitative results. It gives a great (if long) overview of the history of how trauma has been recognized and treated in the field of psychology. I added a bunch of content warnings because these things are mentioned in detail at times, but always with the framing of understanding those who went through the trauma. This book analyzes how the body physically stores trauma as well as mentally. All that said, I really enjoyed the chapters that discussed how yoga and theater can help some trauma survivors.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Grief, Medical trauma, and War

kellywildspeck's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

Amazing book. Enlightening book filled with real human stories about trauma and more importantly the overcoming of it's effects. Loved this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, and War