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

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

3.0

An in depth look at 1- just how common trauma is in the US (and other places but this mostly focuses on a US-Canada context), 2-the treatments being developed to treat trauma more effectively, and 3-the ways in which trauma manifests physically and not just mentally. While you are reading this, you will be confronted with a lot of difficult things, and it does include trauma that comes from people who did the horrific thing, not just experienced them (everything involving every Vietnam veteran in this book seemed to revolve around the horrific things the soldiers did in Vietnam). This book is probably most helpful to those in the field of trauma recovery, as a lot of the treatments discussed aren't really things that the average person can do on their own. 

I think it's also important to know that this author has been accused of mistreating employees, and if you want to avoid that, here you go. https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/03/07/allegations-employee-mistreatment-roil-renowned-trauma-center/sWW13agQDY9B9A1rt9eqnK/story.html
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