The Body Keeps the Score

I really liked this book. It was pretty difficult to push through on an emotional level & yet still enlightening. There is a lot of anecdotal discussion that is interesting/captivating. I found that the biggest value of reading this was definitely being fully convinced that the title is indeed the truth – the body remembers everything in a very painful and intriguing way, and I believe that having this insight can shed light for numerous people who are knowingly or unknowingly coping with trauma.

I wish that there was more discussion of the nuance of trauma throughout the book. Many times the author noted how common trauma is across the population, but there was a lack of exploration of the various degrees; the examples seemed to be lumped into categories without much room for recognizing the individuality of everyone's experiences. This did not take away from the value I mentioned above but could've made it more meaningful for a lot more people.