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The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
16 reviews
malachinelson's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Alcoholism, Suicide, Chronic illness, Car accident, Addiction, Pedophilia, Murder, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Abandonment, War, Sexual violence, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Death, Child abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Grief, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Mass/school shootings, Vomit, Gun violence, and Genocide
tetedump's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Confinement, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, War, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, and Xenophobia
alex3099's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Bullying, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, Incest, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking
rini's review against another edition
4.0
I initially started reading the dead tree version a couple of years ago, but was so put off by something described near the start that I just couldn't continue.
CW for war, murder, sexual violence
I'm glad that autistics only came up once in passing tbh (though the link between being autistic and being traumatised is well documented, this author would NOT have handled it well!!). It was bad enough hearing so much (ableist/cringey stuff) about ADHD!
Overall, I think it was a worthwhile read, and gave me more insight on trauma, but yikes it was a LOT!!
The author wasn't wrong when he called himself a trauma voyeur (or maybe he said someone else called him that and he had to agree.)
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War
Moderate: Abandonment, Abortion, and Bullying
Minor: Cancer, Dementia, Homophobia, and Vomit
thira's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Pregnancy, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, and Sexual content
Minor: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit
alsoapples's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence