Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

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

30 reviews

cricci's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A fabulous book for anyone looking to reflect on trauma — either for themselves or others. I thoroughly enjoyed both Dr. Perry’s and Oprah’s perspectives. Eye-opening and a pleasure to read.

I read the audiobook, which to me, made the book even more enjoyable. It was like sitting down to coffee with Dr. Perry and Oprah. A true treat. An audiobook for podcast lovers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

sierrajhansen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

you know it’s real when you cry during nonfiction

while i knew a lot of this stuff already bc of my psych background, i feel like i learned a lot of really valuable things about trauma and its clinical manifestations. this was definitely kid-based and at many points read as a guide for teachers and educators on trauma awareness and treatment. i wish it had focused a bit more on trauma in adults and the mechanisms of healing, rather than just the effects of trauma.

I LOVED THE AUDIOBOOK FOR THIS. oprah and dr. perry had such good audiobook voices and i felt like i was listening to a really fire podcast. 

overall pretty fabulous, a little below my knowledge level because i’m in school for this kind of thing, but such a game changer for anyone who doesn’t know much about how trauma can affect the mind and behaviors. and now i’m bffs with oprah and dr. perry so there’s that too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

booksthatmatter's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

5.0

The audiobook is wonderful, felt like I was in the room listening to the conversation between Oprah and Dr. Perry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

katie0528's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

A conversation between Oprah and pyschiatrist Bruce Perry explores childhood trauma and how it follows though life. It encourages reflection and introspection of trauma you or others have faced and ways regulation and community can help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Child abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Colonisation, Gun violence, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, and Police brutality

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

grenhai's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Grief, Racism, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mental illness

luke_33's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Self harm, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

nahimgood's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, and Colonisation

Minor: Death of parent, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Pregnancy

sugarwookiee's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Racism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, War, Colonisation, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism and Addiction