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+1 for The Body Keeps the Score. One of the most useful books on overcoming trauma I've ever read. The idea of Developmental Trauma Disorder is so much more con
by mindgam3 8y ago
+1 for The Body Keeps the Score. One of the most useful books on overcoming trauma I've ever read. The idea of Developmental Trauma Disorder is so much more constructive than other models.
So many of the things we call "diseases" can be traced to trauma. "Mental injury" may be a more useful construct than "mental illness". In the same way that your body can heal from a femur fracture, your psyche can heal from a trauma-induced mind fracture.
- sbenitoj 8y agoAny modalities in particular you found beneficial from The Body Keeps the Score?
- mindgam3 8y agoMore than any specific modality, what I got from the book was confirmation that the way to heal developmental trauma is to create a safe space and then to engage with it. As opposed to seek to hide it or cover it up pharmaceutically as recommended by Big Pharma. Practices I have found to be useful in dealing with childhood physical abuse and chronic emotional abuse: - sauna/cold plunge (incredibly useful way to trigger fight or flight and learn to deal with conditioned fear response) - pushups, pullups, yoga - breath awareness and compassion meditations - metric shit-tons of journaling - reading stories of trauma survivors - psychoanalysis, up to a point - talking to friends (the right ones)
- sbenitoj 8y agoThanks! I’ve been doing yoga, EMDR, and Somatic Experience and have found all helpful in different ways.