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Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.93 — 986,080 ratings — published 2021
Hunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.06 — 667,966 ratings — published 2022
A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,018,154 ratings — published 2015
Verity (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.28 — 4,256,388 ratings — published 2018
The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.15 — 556,210 ratings — published 2018
Tender Is the Flesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.77 — 485,704 ratings — published 2017
As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.19 — 627,571 ratings — published 2021
The Silent Patient (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,647,037 ratings — published 2019
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.71 — 3,325,793 ratings — published 1954
Push (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.88 — 60,763 ratings — published 1996
The Kite Runner (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.36 — 3,621,405 ratings — published 2003
A Thousand Splendid Suns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,826,825 ratings — published 2007
Restore Me (Shatter Me, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.13 — 462,516 ratings — published 2018
Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.25 — 852,693 ratings — published 2020
Pretty Girls (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.00 — 801,751 ratings — published 2015
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.56 — 811,539 ratings — published 2016
It Ends with Us (It Ends with Us, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.06 — 4,850,050 ratings — published 2016
The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,197,627 ratings — published 2011
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,488,980 ratings — published 2014
A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.14 — 468,230 ratings — published 1995
Where the Red Fern Grows (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.13 — 451,619 ratings — published 1961
Sharp Objects (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,286,720 ratings — published 2006
The Good Daughter (The Good Daughter, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.12 — 271,870 ratings — published 2017
Stone Fox (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.04 — 20,437 ratings — published 1980
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 724,997 ratings — published 1995
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.49 — 1,337,690 ratings — published 2025
If He Had Been With Me (If He Had Been with Me, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.78 — 638,616 ratings — published 2013
Wintergirls (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.96 — 127,791 ratings — published 2009
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,323,878 ratings — published 1963
Killer Instinct (The Naturals, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.26 — 273,908 ratings — published 2014
Manacled (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.62 — 171,534 ratings — published 2019
The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.06 — 389,956 ratings — published 1892
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.77 — 459,680 ratings — published 2015
Lapvona (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.53 — 112,765 ratings — published 2022
Ignite Me (Shatter Me, #3)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.44 — 732,872 ratings — published 2014
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.09 — 826,459 ratings — published 2013
Shatter Me (Shatter Me, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,327,888 ratings — published 2011
Borrasca (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.91 — 4,259 ratings — published 2018
No Longer Human (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.92 — 291,676 ratings — published 1948
The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,987,521 ratings — published 2005
Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,831,709 ratings — published 1945
The Push (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 473,503 ratings — published 2021
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.87 — 982,227 ratings — published 1955
The Vegetarian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.65 — 464,580 ratings — published 2007
The Slob (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.31 — 13,766 ratings — published 2019
Archer's Voice (Pelion Lake, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.15 — 721,148 ratings — published 2014
Dark Places (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 3.94 — 871,248 ratings — published 2009
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,538,887 ratings — published 1942
It (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,326,131 ratings — published 1986
I'm Glad My Mom Died (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as traumatizing)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,634,794 ratings — published 2022
“It's the person's subjective perception of danger that determines whether an incident is traumatizing or not.”
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
“Trauma can be defined in terms of the relationship you establish with an event.
Becoming traumatized depends on how your system responds to the way you perceive, interpret, and interact with the events you experience as overwhelming/shocking/threatening.
Trauma is not the event itself!”
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath
Becoming traumatized depends on how your system responds to the way you perceive, interpret, and interact with the events you experience as overwhelming/shocking/threatening.
Trauma is not the event itself!”
― Traumatization and Its Aftermath