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Psychology

The Body Keeps the Score

by Bessel van der Kolk (2014)

The Body Keeps the Score transforms our understanding of traumatic stress. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk shows how trauma reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers' capacity for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.

Key Ideas from The Body Keeps the Score

Trauma Lives in the Body

Trauma isn't just a psychological experience—it's encoded in physical sensations. The body keeps score of everything that's happened to us.

The Triune Brain

Our three-part brain (reptilian, limbic, neocortex) processes trauma differently. Effective treatment must address all three levels, not just the thinking brain.

Hypervigilance

Traumatized people constantly scan for danger. Their alarm systems become hypersensitive, making it exhausting to navigate daily life.

Beyond Talk Therapy

Words alone often can't reach trauma. EMDR, yoga, neurofeedback, and body-based therapies can access and heal what talk therapy cannot.

Safety and Connection

Recovery requires restoring a sense of safety in one's own body and rebuilding the capacity for healthy relationships. Community heals.

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