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Kroppen håller räkningen : Hjärna, sinne och kropp vid läkning efter psykiskt trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
4.27 AVERAGE
8.8k reviews for:
Kroppen håller räkningen : Hjärna, sinne och kropp vid läkning efter psykiskt trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
4.27 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
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.
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.
dark
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
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.”
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.”
Pop science at it's most factually lukewarm and emotionally resonant.
Reading slump! Officially DNFing all current reads so I can start afresh and restart them when I'm feeling them again.
Great book to understand trauma and somatization. Unfortunately, quite dense and the intended audience is for folks who have fluency in psychological terms. Some descriptions in the book about specific traumatic circumstances might be triggering. For these reasons, I actually recommend other books about these topics first, and tend to encourage folks to watch YouTube summaries about this book instead.
good if u want to read a psychology textbook. I didn’t but you each their own