Your body remembers everything | Dr. Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk, the leading researcher and one of the world's foremost experts in traumatic stress caused by psychological trauma, presents a new bold model for healing from traumas. Psychological trauma is a fact of life. Studies have shown that at least one in five people experience harassment, one in four grow up with addicts, and two out of three couples are involved in physical violence. These conditions inevitably leave effects on the minds and emotions, and also on the body. Unfortunately, many times, those suffering from psychological trauma reflect their nervous pressure onto their partners and children. Dr. van der Kolk has spent more than three decades working with trauma survivors, and through this book, he has succeeded in changing our understanding of nervous pressure caused by psychological trauma, revealing how to reset nervous pressure to rewire the brain—specifically the areas responsible for pleasure, interaction with others, self-control, and trust—and explaining the impact of innovative treatments, including neurofeedback, meditation, prayer, play, yoga, and other therapies, as well as offering proven and successful alternatives to drugs and talk therapy, and the method of recovery and regaining life.