Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

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

7 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

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

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

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

rebeccaloosli's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

I listened to this on audio which I liked as a format for this type of book. It felt like a podcast of Oprah interviewing Dr. Perry. This is a very accessible mental health book centered on trauma. The main goal is to change the phrasing society typically uses, “What’s wrong with you?” To “what happened to you?” This compassion based trauma treatment movement is backed by research and discussed in the book through actual case studies and patients Dr. Perry has worked with. I was skeptical that this book would just be Oprah fangirling a celebrity doctor however, I found Dr. Perry to be very legitimate. Both Dr. Perry and Oprah shared stories related to the points made in the book of people they have interviewed that have a history of intense and severe trauma. Not everyone who reads this book will relate to some of the specific experiences used as examples but most everyone has experienced some form of trauma or they have a loved one that has. Listening to this made me reflect on myself and my partner’s past experience. It’s given me more insight into my partner’s family dynamic. In addition to personal trauma, the book touches on societal trauma and how we can’t completely move forward as a country if we haven’t healed from our trauma wounds. Dr. Perry also made valid points about systems in our society lacking the support for those recovering from trauma. Between the case studies and some of Oprah’s personal experiences this was a very moving book. All together an accessible overview of trauma, it’s affects on all of us, and a compassionate way forward.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Slavery

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

gagne's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

This book is excellent for reflecting on trauma and a must-read for persons who work with people in order to better form relationships with others. Content warnings added by this user include subjects mentioned (minor) but none are described in detail nor re-imagined within the text.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Self harm, Racism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Forced institutionalization