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Kroppen håller räkningen : Hjärna, sinne och kropp vid läkning efter psykiskt trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
4.27 AVERAGE
8.81k reviews for:
Kroppen håller räkningen : Hjärna, sinne och kropp vid läkning efter psykiskt trauma
Bessel van der Kolk
4.27 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
slow-paced
emotional
informative
reflective
emotional
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
I think I picked up this book at the wrong time. A few years ago when my trauma was fresh and I was looking for more answers this book would have been great. What I read was very in depth, academic adjacent and accessible. I may return to this book in a few more years.
challenging
informative
reflective
This book is...okay. While there is a lot of insightful work done on people with trauma, van der Kolk seems to not realize that his personal bias and connection with his patients is affecting his ability to see them clearly. The biggest obstacle I cannot look past is Tom. As his psychiatrist, he had a duty to report Tom's behavior and protect his wife and children from his "violent outbursts." And, while you're at it, please call it what it ACTUALLY is, which is verbal and physical abuse. While every human being deserves empathy, it should not be at the expense of the people around them.
Furthermore, WHAT is the point of going into excruciating detail of the specific traumas? It is not only triggering for people who have experienced such events, but does NOTHING in the grand scheme of explaining the mindset of a traumatized person. I understand the need to generally talk about these concepts, as both perpetrators and victims of trauma.
I do not want to read about how Tom raped women in Vietnam and now deserves our empathy and time because he is struggling with his successful job, and victimizing his family. It serves no purpose in the book except for shock value and to keep people reading.
Lastly, he can take on a very condescending and infantilizing tone when speaking on individuals specifically with childhood trauma and mental disabilities. It has not aged well.
Overall, my experience is 2 stars because I would like to believe that van der Kolk has good intentions. However, this is a relatively poor execution of outlining trauma and giving people a glimpse into their day to day experiences. He has put in more effort into humanizing abusers than he has of speaking to their victims.
Furthermore, WHAT is the point of going into excruciating detail of the specific traumas? It is not only triggering for people who have experienced such events, but does NOTHING in the grand scheme of explaining the mindset of a traumatized person. I understand the need to generally talk about these concepts, as both perpetrators and victims of trauma.
I do not want to read about how Tom raped women in Vietnam and now deserves our empathy and time because he is struggling with his successful job, and victimizing his family. It serves no purpose in the book except for shock value and to keep people reading.
Lastly, he can take on a very condescending and infantilizing tone when speaking on individuals specifically with childhood trauma and mental disabilities. It has not aged well.
Overall, my experience is 2 stars because I would like to believe that van der Kolk has good intentions. However, this is a relatively poor execution of outlining trauma and giving people a glimpse into their day to day experiences. He has put in more effort into humanizing abusers than he has of speaking to their victims.
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I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one. There were some points that I felt incredibly seen as a war veteran. There were other points where I was also incredibly uncomfortable with the rape victims and the treatment they were experiencing. I probably would have left the book not feeling alone, at the very least, if it just talked about war trauma.
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