Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
18 reviews
annerbtw's review against another edition
3.75
I liked it, I found it insightful, but I think I went in with the wrong expectations. I assumed that by the end of the book, you'd have resources that could be "easily" applied to your own mental health journey. Kolk definitely teaches you about them, but they're not easily applied to anything specific you might have going on. It's a very educational read... but don't read it side-by-side with A Little Life, my GOD... do not.
Also, (sorry for long review, anyone reading) there are some negative reviews about Kolk sympathizing with horrible people - I don't necessarily think that's true. The same way that people find documentaries about serial killers interesting, I think the same applies here. I would never excuse the actions some mentally disturbed people do at the beginning of this book, but I think it's important for us to find the source (if there is one), and figure out how to keep it from happening again. There can be a lot of fascination in this topic because of just how complex humans are, how complex the brain is.... that's what the whole book is about.
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Incest, Grief, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Torture, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Addiction, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child death, Cannibalism, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Death
brookerobbo's review against another edition
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, War, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Incest, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Violence, Car accident, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Medical trauma
emsemaroo's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and War
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Body shaming, Car accident, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Stalking, Trafficking, Vomit, Gore, Terminal illness, Drug abuse, Genocide, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, and Kidnapping
riversalem's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Physical abuse, Self harm, Incest, Violence, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization
revived_reading's review against another edition
5.0
After taking the months to read this book (seeing as the content is very heavy and there is a lot of material), I learned so much.
Graphic: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child abuse, Incest, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, War, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, and Kidnapping
This has very triggering content, seeing as this book discusses trauma. To put the research of this book into perspective, Dr. van der Kolk tells the stories of some of his patients. None of which is pretty, but it has its impact and use within the book.novella42's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, War, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, and Sexual harassment
tmickey's review
4.5
Graphic: Trafficking, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Gun violence, Incest, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, War, Sexual harassment, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Grief, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Abandonment
Moderate: Alcoholism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, and Eating disorder
hannah1937's review against another edition
0.25
His first case study is Tom, a man who killed children and raped women during the war, which is presented to us as an understandable trauma response to losing his friends in battle.
His second case study is Sylvia, and the first thing we are told about her is that she is an attractive 19 year old, like that is somehow relavent to anything, or an appropriate way for a therapist to describe a patient. Interestingly we aren’t told anything about Tom’s appearance. Sylvia was raped by her brother and uncle as a child, which he describes as incest, like that the only thing wrong with that situation. As we learn from Tom, raping children is understandable, as long as you aren’t related to them.
He also describes domestic violence as ‘couples who engage in violence’, a deliberate phrase to remove the concept of a perpetrator and a victim, which is complete rubbish.
He then describes how surprised he was to learn he got satisfaction from wrestling patients to the ground when working at his first psychiatrict faculty. Do not read this book.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Self harm, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Misogyny, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse
tangleroot_eli's review against another edition
Graphic: Car accident, Mental illness, Child abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Incest, War, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Rape, Cultural appropriation, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Ableism, and Fatphobia
codeimagine's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War