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Teasing 10 threads fromBessel van der Kolk’s…

Thread 1:

There are 3 ways to palliate or reverse the damage trauma causes: 1. Top down, by talking; 2. Medications that shut down inappropriate alarm reactions; 3. Bottom up, that allow the body to have exper- iences that contradict helplessness and rage.(pg. 3)

Thread 2:

“The greatest source of our suffering are the lies we tell ourselves.”(pg. 11)

Thread 3:

Helping victims of trauma find words to describe what has happened to them is profoundly meaningful, but usually it is not enough.(pg. 21)

Thread 4:

All trauma is preverbal. Deactivation of the left hemisphere impacts our capacity to organize experi- ence into logical sequences and to translate our shifting feelings and perceptions into words.(pg. 43)

Thread 5:

Almost all mental suffering involves either trouble in creating workable and satisfying relationships or difficulties in regulating arousal. Usually it’s a combination of both. (pg. 79)

Thread 6:

“The ‘night sea journey’ is the journey into the parts of ourselves that are split off, unknown, unwanted, cast out and exiled to the unconscious. The goal of this journey is to reunite us with ourselves.”

(pg. 122)

Thread 7:

Trauma is much more than a story about what happened long ago. The emotions and physical sensations that were imprinted during trauma are experienced as disruptive physical reactions in the present.

(pg. 205)

Thread 8:

According to recent research, up to 90% of human communication occurs in the non- verbal right hemisphere, the same hemisphere where trauma is principally imprinted.(pg. 299)

Thread 9:

One of the main reasons for habitual drug use in teens is that they cannot stand the physical sensations that signal fear, rage and help- less- ness.(pg. 354)

Thread 10:

Traumatized people are afraid of conflict. They fear losing control and ending up on the losing side once again.

(pg. 335)

Image Credits:

Title Page: http://www.alltreatment.com/your-brain-on-drugs

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Slide 2 - http://www.mentalhealthexcellence.org/defense-dr-bessel-van-der-kolk/

Slide 6 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Shift-121129658

Slide 5 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/No-Words-Attached-9315241

Slide 11 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Fire-in-her-Soul-Rage-157691317

Slide 10 - http://www.audiomack.com/song/jayfive/right-brain

Slide 14 - http://www.alltreatment.com/your-brain-on-drugs

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Slide 8 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Pieces-Form-A-Whole-269785807

Slide 7 - http://etouloo.com/self-confidence/conflict

Slide 4 - http://www.deviantart.com/art/Hide-My-Lies-89932739

Mark Brady, PhDTheEnchantedLoom@gmail.com

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