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How I Wish Trauma Had Been Explained to Me
Body Sense: The Science and Practice of Embodied Self-Awareness (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
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What is trauma?
Trauma isn't the event itself, but rather what occurs within you because of the event. Think of a physical injury: the cut is the event, the scar is the trauma. It's the lasting impact, the fear, the emotional memory lodged in your body.
Trauma creates fear, loneliness, helplessness, and disconnects you from your true being. It leads
... See moreBut believing something is true, even with all your heart, is unrelated to whether or not what you believe is true. While there are some things from which you never heal, so be it. The truth about healing is that you don’t need to heal to be whole. By whole, I mean damaged, missing pieces of who you were, your heart—missing what feels like some of
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