Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey

5 reviews

theverycraftyvegan's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

I wish I could have read this book 11 years ago when I was a first time mom struggling with PPD and PTSD after a traumatic birth. 

This book was chock full of information about how our brains work and how crucial the first few months of our lives are. If this book had been around in 2012 it would have helped me better understand what my baby needed from me and how I needed help to give it to them. 

Even if you don’t think you’ve experienced anything traumatic in your life, you should still read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Racism, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Drug abuse, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy, Eating disorder, Murder, War, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Slavery, Terminal illness, Dementia, Police brutality, Alcohol, and Addiction

luke_33's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Self harm, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

wwweronka's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Audiobook. I want to go through the ebook to pick up some quotes I'd like to remember. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Racism, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent, Eating disorder, and Death

sharladione's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

If you want to understand your own trauma or the trauma of those you love, and how to move forward from it, this book is for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Torture, Colonisation, Drug use, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Trafficking, Police brutality, Eating disorder, and Abortion

juliana_caterin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

I really loved this book, the audiobook is incredible. 
I learned a lot, even as a med student, there are things that we don´t know or don´t even investigate that much. It was amazing, and it took a complex topic and made them understandable. I would recommend this book for everyone, it can be a bit overwhelming at times. But it's worth it. 
I not only learned so much about the brain and development, but I was able to translate that to my real life. I understand and empathize more with people around me, and about myself. I understand myself a little better now. 
I'll read this book again in the future because I don't think that I would get the most of it from reading it only once. 
I don't agree with everything that was written on the book, but I still loved it and would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and War