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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1225 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.33 — 312,313 ratings — published 2014
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What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 444 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.40 — 116,410 ratings — published 2021
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What My Bones Know What My Bones Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 425 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.48 — 86,780 ratings — published 2022
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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror (Paperback)
by (shelved 403 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.40 — 16,356 ratings — published 1992
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Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 368 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.53 — 15,286 ratings — published 2013
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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Paperback)
by (shelved 359 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,930 ratings — published 1997
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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 318 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.30 — 39,952 ratings — published 2022
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It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 283 times as trauma)
avg rating 3.55 — 42,284 ratings — published 2016
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I'm Glad My Mom Died I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 256 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,635,722 ratings — published 2022
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In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness (Paperback)
by (shelved 234 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.34 — 3,522 ratings — published 2010
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 231 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,018,817 ratings — published 2015
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
by (shelved 222 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.38 — 12,488 ratings — published 2017
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No Bad Parts No Bad Parts (Paperback)
by (shelved 216 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.08 — 23,516 ratings — published 2021
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The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 209 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.58 — 44,774 ratings — published 2007
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When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (Paperback)
by (shelved 185 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.16 — 38,931 ratings — published 2003
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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 174 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.42 — 12,253 ratings — published 2018
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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation (Paperback)
by (shelved 172 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,812 ratings — published 2016
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 132 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,501,494 ratings — published 2017
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My Dark Vanessa My Dark Vanessa (Hardcover)
by (shelved 126 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.09 — 453,334 ratings — published 2020
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The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment (Hardcover)
by (shelved 120 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.28 — 2,532 ratings — published 2000
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Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.27 — 7,637 ratings — published 2007
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Educated Educated (Hardcover)
by (shelved 118 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,985,671 ratings — published 2018
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It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1) It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 114 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,851,621 ratings — published 2016
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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.04 — 32,053 ratings — published 1979
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Healing Trauma: Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body Healing Trauma: Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body (Audio CD)
by (shelved 111 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.07 — 2,138 ratings — published 1999
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Hardcover)
by (shelved 110 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,079,990 ratings — published 1999
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Speak Speak (Hardcover)
by (shelved 108 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.06 — 645,936 ratings — published 1999
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Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1) Binding 13 (Boys of Tommen, #1)
by (shelved 105 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.44 — 755,499 ratings — published 2018
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Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect (Paperback)
by (shelved 104 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.17 — 12,127 ratings — published 2012
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Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.32 — 851 ratings — published 2011
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 101 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.47 — 25,714 ratings — published 2007
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The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1) The Way I Used to Be (The Way I Used to Be, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.14 — 256,297 ratings — published 2016
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Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past Trauma and Memory: Brain and Body in a Search for the Living Past (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 96 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,452 ratings — published 2015
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Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
by (shelved 94 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.40 — 626 ratings — published 2006
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Know My Name Know My Name (ebook)
by (shelved 92 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.67 — 276,872 ratings — published 2019
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Man's Search for Meaning Man's Search for Meaning (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.37 — 944,650 ratings — published 1946
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 86 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.37 — 171,613 ratings — published 2019
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Still Beating Still Beating (ebook)
by (shelved 82 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.18 — 274,235 ratings — published 2020
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The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 76 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,423 ratings — published 2017
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Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2) Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 75 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.06 — 668,531 ratings — published 2022
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Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 72 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,148 ratings — published 2015
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The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
by (shelved 72 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,464,798 ratings — published 2015
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Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
by (shelved 70 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.33 — 1,242,871 ratings — published 2024
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We Were Liars We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as trauma)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,489,520 ratings — published 2014
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Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2) Keeping 13 (Boys of Tommen, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.51 — 579,544 ratings — published 2018
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Ugly Love Ugly Love (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 66 times as trauma)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,419,417 ratings — published 2014
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Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body Overcoming Trauma through Yoga: Reclaiming Your Body (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,314 ratings — published 2011
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Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness: Practices for Safe and Transformative Healing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as trauma)
avg rating 4.38 — 993 ratings — published 2018
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Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
781 books — 1,213 voters
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkTrauma and Recovery by Judith Lewis HermanMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankIn an Unspoken Voice by Peter A. Levine
Trauma Wisdom
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Harold Phifer
“I knew Dad was concerned about my past associations. I was from the Trash Alley. It was my community. I hung out with thugs from the Frog Bottom, the Burns Bottoms, the Red Line, the S-Curve, the Sandfield, the Morning Side, and a bunch of other places that shall remain nameless. I knew all of the “Legends of the Hood”: Sin Man, Swap, Boo Boo, Emp-Man, Cookie Man, Shank, Polar Bear, Bae Willy, Bae Bruh, Skullhead Ned, Pimp, Crunch, and Goat Turd (just to name a few). I thought maybe Dad had summoned me as a “show and tell” for the kids in his neighborhood—the hardliner to scare those wayward suburban brats back into reality.”
― Harold Phifer, Surviving Chaos: How I Found Peace at A Beach Bar

Bessel van der Kolk
“Beneath the surface of the protective parts of trauma survivors there exists an undamaged essence, a Self that is confident, curious, and calm, a Self that has been sheltered from destruction by the various protectors that have emerged in their efforts to ensure survival. Once those protectors trust that it is safe to separate, the Self will spontaneously emerge, and the parts can be enlisted in the healing process”
― Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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