Reviews tagging 'Torture'

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

2 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

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