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

52 reviews

vigil's review against another edition

informative reflective sad slow-paced

the body keeps the score is a dense text; small font on big pages full of scientific jargon and material. however, if you allow the book to be what it is it’s much more accessible than you’d think. 

bessel van der kolk has spent thirty years in practice which gives the book a somewhat academic, frank edge. it’s very insightful into traumatized individuals across the board, but i wouldn’t recommend it to any traumatized person off the bat due to kolk’s unrestrained tone throughout the book.

i have seen some question the ideas and theories he speaks of in here, but i’m (and probably them as well, if we’re being honest) not qualified to dissect that fully. nevertheless, i think everything in here is worth giving some thought to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Suicide attempt, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Classism, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Animal death, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, War, Chronic illness, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, and Toxic friendship

town_scar's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Genocide, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Incest, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Abandonment, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Child abuse, War, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

mandi4886's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Sexism, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Drug use, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Cancer, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

readingwithkelsey's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

3.0

For full disclosure purposes, this book was suggested to me by my therapist with the idea that I would learn more information about how to deal with my own trauma. It was really fascinating to read about Dr. van der Kolk's research and the early research done on PTSD. The stories told in here were also really interesting (but sometimes triggering) and it was interesting to see how different schools of therapy were used. A critique I have however is that sometimes, depending the story, Dr. van der Kolk had a bit of a voyeuristic tone to them, which sometimes left me feeling underwhelmed by the narration. And while I did identify with some of the points expressed and learned a lot of generalized information about PTSD, the structure and voice of the novel left much to be desired. Maybe this is a mistake on my part, but the novel sometimes felt very academic to me and while that is okay for me personally, I think some of the jargon might be off putting to those looking to discover help for what they are experiencing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and War

mariamorrone's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative tense slow-paced

3.0

This book was very interesting and I learned a lot about myself. However, I found it incredibly hard to get through as the content is very dense. It reminded me of my psychology textbooks from when I was in university. I recommended this book to those willing to put in the work and time to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, and War

words_for_nerds's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and War

ashleyann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

Moderate: Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Self harm

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Murder

lesenilpferd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

zombiezami's review against another edition

As someone who isn't a mental health professional, I'm not getting that much out of this beyond the thesis that psychological trauma manifests in physical symptoms. Not really enjoying it, and, at least in the parts that I've read, it is very much building off of Trauma and Recovery, which I've already read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Ableism

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

itsy719's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Mental illness, and Suicide