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A review by thoughtsfromtheafro
The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I will likely re-read this. As someone with a moderate ACE score, it was immensely helpful to learn about how it came into being — theory and practice.
There are countless examples/people whose stories are shared, and the author does a phenomenal job of noting how they manifest across race, age, gender, and generation. I greatly appreciated the way she weaved in data and sparingly used jargon. I highlighted and made note of so much. I can see other folks more proactively sharing their adverse experiences with physicians and caretakers as a way to advocate better for themselves and hopefully be able to obtain more immediately helpful care.
There are countless examples/people whose stories are shared, and the author does a phenomenal job of noting how they manifest across race, age, gender, and generation. I greatly appreciated the way she weaved in data and sparingly used jargon. I highlighted and made note of so much. I can see other folks more proactively sharing their adverse experiences with physicians and caretakers as a way to advocate better for themselves and hopefully be able to obtain more immediately helpful care.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Police brutality, Medical content, and Mental illness
Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Bullying, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship