Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

8 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

hoguelikewoah's review

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

This takes the reader through clinical vignettes across Dr. Perry's timeline, in addition to personal trials experienced by Oprah - who muses about experiencing her own adversity and trauma in childhood.  Compared to books like "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" or "The Body Keeps The Score", this read is much lighter in tone and quickly arrives to points that help add both insight into where trauma originates, how to look for it in others, and subtle notes on how to create a trauma-informed network around us all (to benefit from).  I read this one not too many weeks after completing Stephani Foo's, "What my Bones Know" and found it a welcome companion.  The audiobook is narrated by the authors, and I enjoyed this one enough that I was able to finish it in two days.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

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

kennedybullen's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, and Emotional abuse

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

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