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The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice by Staci Haines

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jam_toast's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

This book was great! I feel like it gave me a more in depth view of somatics and helped acknowledge and explore the many many ways things beyond the individual that affect mental health. I loved the question format and would love to go through it again with a notebook and do all the exercises. It was kind of dry and times and could have been a little shorter.

gay's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

cupitonians's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This was really intense and thorough intersectional read about trauma caused by oppressive systems, whether these were historical or current, and how it lives in individuals and communities. It really opened my mind to how you can't have individual and collective healing without social justice as well. I enjoyed the deep dive into the role of institutions and systems of power and how they manifest in the body. One thing is clear, we need to overhaul our current system of society stat. This is my first big intro to somatics, so found it to be more academic than practical. So, if you add this to your TBR, read this as an introductory text, but make sure you read all of the trigger warnings first.