Ptsd


The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Women
The Impossible Knife of Memory
Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving
The Great Alone
What My Bones Know
Free Hand (Irons and Works, #1)
Love in the Afternoon (The Hathaways, #5)
Speak
A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2)
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
Ten Tiny Breaths (Ten Tiny Breaths, #1)
Something like Normal
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Wait for You by J. LynnHopeless by Colleen HooverThe Meaning of Okay by Cortney RaymondHeart of Obsidian by Nalini SinghTwice a Target by Susan Vaughan
Romance Novel Heroines with PTSD
210 books — 203 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyAll the Bright Places by Jennifer NivenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniLooking for Alaska by John  GreenA Walk Between Raindrops by Amalie Jahn
Best Mental Illness and Self-Harm Books
170 books — 165 voters

The Bad Guy by Celia AaronBlack Lies by Alessandra TorreMy Torin by K. WebsterEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanGrayson by Lisa Eugene
Heroes with mental illness
283 books — 161 voters
Archer's Voice by Mia SheridanThe Wall of Winnipeg and Me by Mariana ZapataLover Awakened by J.R. WardThe Vixen and the Vet by Katy RegneryTempt Me at Twilight by Lisa Kleypas
Reclusive Romance Heroes
400 books — 304 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Depression and Mental Illness
608 books — 513 voters
Elfin Canine by Jabez FlintA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerTrauma and Recovery by Judith Lewis HermanThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkWhen Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase
Trauma And Dissociation
236 books — 156 voters

Judith Lewis Herman
“ ...repeated trauma in childhood forms and deforms the personality. The child trapped in an abusive environment is faced with formidable tasks of adaptation. She must find a way to preserve a sense of trust in people who are untrustworthy, safety in a situation that is unsafe, control in a situation that is terrifyingly unpredictable, power in a situation of helplessness. Unable to care for or protect herself, she must compensate for the failures of adult care and protection with the only means a ...more ”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith Lewis Herman
“ The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is the meaning of the word unspeakable. Atrocities, however, refuse to be buried. Equally as powerful as the desire to deny atrocities is the conviction that denial does not work. Folk wisdom is filled with ghosts who refuse to rest in their graves until their stories are told. Murder will out. Remembering and telling the truth about terrible e ...more ”
― Judith Lewis Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

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A group established for PTSD survivors. We are a group dedicated to those who have survived trau…more
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All 16 and older are welcome. This book club focuses on books with a mental health lean. These b…more
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This book club is for those who are interested in learning more about trauma, Complex/PTSD, scie…more
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This group is for ex-JWs to discuss books that have helped them in their recovery. This is a RE…more
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