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Excellent!
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DID NOT FINISH

Problematic. Other alternatives
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DID NOT FINISH: 9%

New sources have shown that there the author’s evidence is more qualitatively assumed rather than based on data. I have also seen reviews that this book is victim blaming and lacks intersectionality. Also, I got the ick. 

Lots of really interesting and useful insights. At points it was voyeuristic. Not sure we needed such graphic descriptions, especially of child sexual abuse. I had to put this down for a while because it got too hard to read. 
Glad I ultimately finished it, and the things discussed will certainly stay with me. I feel more knowledgable and able to support those in my life with mental health issues. 
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Noteworthy: This book is not for everyone. Please think about your own triggers before reading.

For those who are able to read it… the book is like a treasure hunt of rich information for those interested in trauma research and treatment. As someone with both knowledge and experience in this area, the book is not ground breaking, but certainly interesting and thought provoking to do further research. The reference section alone is a goldmine.

“Traumatised people look at the world in a fundamentally different way from other people.”

“For many people the war begins at home.” […]“this is particularly tragic, since it is very difficult for growing children to recover when the growing source of terror and pain is not enemy combatants but their own caretakers.”

“The greatest sources of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves”

“Dissociation means simultaneously knowing and not knowing” […] “the critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know.”

“He’d spent his adulthood trying to let go of his past, and he remarked how ironic it was that he had to get closer to it in order to let it go.”