The Surprising Solutions To Heal Trauma Without Medication - Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk is a psychiatrist, researcher, and an author.

Trauma is often discussed as a mental and psychological issue. But what if it affects more than just the mind? What does it mean if your body is holding onto trauma, and how might these memories manifest outside of our brains?

Expect to learn what is meant by the body keeping the score, what is wrong with the traditional way we talk about trauma, how you can learn to be more self-compassionate, how trauma manifests and masks itself as illnesses, the best therapies and modalities for understanding and releasing trauma and much more...

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00:00 Do We Think About Trauma Wrong?
03:56 Link Between Trauma & Chronic Stress
07:28 Why Trauma Causes Us to Shield Ourselves
12:41 How to Not Be at the Mercy of Your Feelings
21:34 Does Trauma Make Us More Vulnerable to Future Trauma?
26:48 Tips to Being More Self-Compassionate
33:58 How Trauma Manifests as Illness
38:32 Principles for Treating Trauma
50:49 Opening Up to Other People
1:01:40 What Bessel is Excited About
1:04:38 Bessel’s New Book
1:05:04 Where to Find Bessel