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A review by thechanelmuse
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
3.0
This is a tough one.
The Body Keeps the Score is a raw, dense, introductory read, largely on PTSD, that’s filled with some good takeaways. However, it isn’t handled with much care, in regards to the detailed trauma stories on sexual assault, incest, violence and more that could trigger and possibly re-traumatize readers who may notice parallels with their own experiences. It’s a lot. For example: Opening the book, let alone including, Tom’s war story and concluding what he subjected a woman, a farmer and children to in retaliation to losing his fellow comrades in Vietnam is beyond wild…
The Body Keeps the Score is a raw, dense, introductory read, largely on PTSD, that’s filled with some good takeaways. However, it isn’t handled with much care, in regards to the detailed trauma stories on sexual assault, incest, violence and more that could trigger and possibly re-traumatize readers who may notice parallels with their own experiences. It’s a lot. For example: Opening the book, let alone including, Tom’s war story and concluding what he subjected a woman, a farmer and children to in retaliation to losing his fellow comrades in Vietnam is beyond wild…