Thread by @ericpengcoach

@utotranslucence @garrytan @thattallguy 1/ Good call! Here are pertinent quotes from that book...

"Trauma, whether it is the result of something done to you or something you yourself have done, almost always makes it difficult to engage in intimate relationships."

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

@utotranslucence @garrytan @thattallguy 2/ "Somehow the very event that caused them so much pain had also become their sole source of meaning. They felt fully alive only when they were revisiting their traumatic past."

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

@utotranslucence @garrytan @thattallguy 3/ "Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think."

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

@utotranslucence @garrytan @thattallguy 4/ "For real change to take place, the body needs to learn that the danger has passed and to live in the reality of the present."

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

@utotranslucence @garrytan @thattallguy 5/ "Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the trauma were still going on—unchanged and immutable—as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past."

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

@utotranslucence @garrytan @thattallguy 6/ "Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health; safe connections are fundamental to meaningful and satisfying lives."

— Bessel van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score

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