Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

32 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

zapavey's review

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

As a person who experienced some of what Oprah did as a child, always confused at what a person who loves you in words but not actions, it was very healing. Prepare yourself. ‘Building strength equated to power’ hit home. Home run. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This is a book that I’ll be holding onto and rereading many times throughout my life. It explains so much about me to me. Hopefully, I can use this trauma wisdom, as it’s called in the book, to be more helpful to those in my world and to be more connected and to create more connectedness. Oprah is Oprah for good reason!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Dementia, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Confinement, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Terminal illness

nicole_k's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Child abuse

Minor: Self harm

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

cryfest's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

jaz777's review

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Self harm, Mass/school shootings, Grief, Suicide, Sexual violence, and War

skysbooknook's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism and Self harm

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, War, Colonisation, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction

olivemason's review

emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Self harm, Death, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Gaslighting, War, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Drug abuse