Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

32 reviews

litliz's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Gun violence

Minor: Addiction, Abortion, Alcoholism, Slavery, Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Grief, Genocide, Drug abuse, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Misogyny

hailcornell's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

A good listen. This is a good book for those who are just starting out on their healing journey. As for those with trauma who have already started getting involved with their healing (therapy, etc) this book may feel slightly redundant or not as informative. A good read nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual assault

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

peachani's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, War, Gun violence, Racism, Self harm, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Mental illness, and Police brutality

Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Self harm, Violence, Addiction, Gun violence, and War

infjkiki's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Grief

Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Violence, Self harm, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

meganeorcx's review against another edition

inspiring medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

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

ksuazo94's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Abandonment, and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Violence

comraderowan94's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.5

The book is very informative about how trauma affects the brain and the lasting impact that can have, but when discussing systemic issues, the authors gloss over the roll a capitalist society plays in the difficulties of recovery. The authors also need a more nuanced approach when discussing societal issues or need to be more specific about which social groups they’re addressing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Self harm, and Violence

sakisreads's review

challenging informative sad slow-paced

4.5

Wow! What a book! Oprah and Dr. Perry’s conversations are intense but iconic; there was so much to digest and take in. Two parts struck out to me in particular (the latter being because I’m taking a flight later on today)! 😳

‘Crimes involving a Black suspect and a white victim make up only 10% of all crimes - but they account for 42% of what’s reported on television. When you’re watching the news and almost half of what you see is Black people committing crimes against white people, that’s going to influence the way you think when you see a Black person.’ ‘Many people have had the experience of feeling ‘exhausted’ after a day of travel, even if all they did was stand in a few lines and sit on a plane. This happens because your brain was continuously monitoring thousands of new stimuli. Remember: Activating your stress-response systems, even at a moderate level, for long periods of time is physically and emotionally draining.’

I do think the audio version may be slightly better for this book, only because it is so conversational and slightly clunky in written form because of that, but it was still very beautiful. I don’t feel that I could take it all in at once so I am definitely going to try and get an audio edition ✨

Thank you! 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Bullying, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, and War