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Toxic Childhood Stress: The Legacy of Early Trauma and How to Heal by Nadine Burke Harris
2 reviews
annamay1021's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death of parent, Deportation, Medical content, and Sexual assault
readerette's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
I believe the concepts in this book are useful; as with most nonfiction, there are areas of depth you don't have to read or understand in order to get the point, so if any of the medical stuff starts to feel over your head, you can safely skim, in my opinion. The anecdotes are compelling and the research and outcomes interesting. For those who have experienced trauma, or who want to empathize better with those who have, this is a helpful book.
However, it is repetitive at times, and most of the anecdotes are a bit long-winded for my taste. There is also a rather visible thread of the author's own frenetic energy underlying the whole thing, like she never gets a moment's rest and can't let go of this mission to save the world from toxic stress. I have to wonder if that should be one of the adverse experiences noted in the author's inventory: sacrificing personal well-being for one's career... Noble, certainly, but hardly sustainable or likely to result in strong and lasting mental health.
However, it is repetitive at times, and most of the anecdotes are a bit long-winded for my taste. There is also a rather visible thread of the author's own frenetic energy underlying the whole thing, like she never gets a moment's rest and can't let go of this mission to save the world from toxic stress. I have to wonder if that should be one of the adverse experiences noted in the author's inventory: sacrificing personal well-being for one's career... Noble, certainly, but hardly sustainable or likely to result in strong and lasting mental health.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief and Medical content
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape
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