A review by emilyb99
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

challenging informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

he’s a very intelligent man. Unfortunately after reading it I discovered he had allegations against him for creating a hostile work environment among woman 😭 so I would recommend pirating this only lol.
I mean what’s done is done I’ve read the book. I don't need to reject the good he has done to my brain now that l've heard about some of the bad. 

I did think it was odd that the indigo I went to had 10 copies of his book and then suddenly they were all gone as if they had been sent away 😭! 

Anywho, 
This is quite a long read. It is also very descriptive of his patients trauma. I feel like without him stroking his own ego at times or getting too detailed about the brain this book could be 1/3rd shorter. But it’s fine, it’s very well written regardless and it did help me. It was extremely insightful, he has decades of experience in many different places. 
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