Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

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

132 reviews

kamelleruano's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Abandonment

mosswood's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

I really value this book and its existence. It is relaxing as well as deeply important and educational. It teaches people what effects trauma has upon their body as well as the practical ways to manage these symptoms and their trauma.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Abandonment

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

I think this book is great for those who are interested in how trauma affects the body. Educators, therapists, psychiatrists, and so many more professions can benefit from reading. The only reason I didn’t give it a five stars is because at about the halfway mark I did start to lose interest but I think that was as a result of audiobook listening and not reading the print version. I am definitely going to reread someday in print and would recommend to everyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

triciace's review

challenging dark informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

madisonthacker's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

emmalsmits's review

challenging emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Abandonment

shadfield34's review against another edition

emotional informative slow-paced

4.0

Definitely a heavy read and one that trauma survivors should tread lightly reading.

It's now 10 years old so I'm sure (hope?) the research has moved on considerably but it was an insightful read and a subject I would like to read more into.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Abandonment, and War

cassius_orion's review

dark informative sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Car accident, and Abandonment

nineinchnails's review

dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

this was a little hard to get through but super interesting! i struggled a little with the centering of veterans but i feel like this is more aimed at therapists (who have to treat all patients with compassion) than potential clients so i understand i don’t need to be comfortable with everything in here. overall this was so insightful and made me reflect a lot so i personally got a lot from this book, however, there is a lot of triggering content so i do advise proceeding with caution. it’s not perfect and there’s a lot of controversy surrounding the author but i still going it worth reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Car accident, and War

Post traumatic stress disorder, Child sexual abuse, Child neglect, and Prostitution/Sex work

saskia_ej's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic