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

18 reviews

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

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

krh_2911's review

hopeful informative fast-paced

4.75

I found this book enlightening, insightful, and educational, and most of all it didn’t leave me feeling in despair. The truth is that we all have trauma in our past and present that has impacted how we interact with others, how we love ourselves, and how we view the world around us. As a society, we need to move to a culture that is kind, and loving and doesn’t lead with trauma or the question of “what’s wrong with you?”, but instead “what happened to you?” - Even just a change of the words can help the message land more gently on the person on the receiving end. I do recommend this book to understand how your own trauma has shaped your life, but also how others have shaped how theirs. I like books that encourage me to think about others in a new way...and this book does that.      

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Suicide

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

chikitungis's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This should be a REQUIRED read for everyone.. it is so important to understand how our mind and body develop after experiencing any sort of trauma. Wow. Let’s shift the conversation from “What is wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”. Great book with lots of helpful information (that is referenced and easy to grasp all throughout the book), and stories that show examples of the intricacy of trauma in the life of an individual. Wonderfully written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Police brutality and Racism

lilithj's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Self harm

annabunce's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Excellent read - very helpful for trying to learn how to take a trauma informed approach in life and work. Loved the style of a conversation and the many examples and stories used to illustrate the data and findings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Medical content, Rape, Racism, and Suicide

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