Bessel van der Kolk — How Trauma Lodges in the Body
On Being with Krista Tippett ›51:39 | Dec 26th, 2019
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk is an innovator in treating the effects of overwhelming experiences. We call this “trauma” when we encounter it in life and news, and we tend to leap to address it by ...Show More
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pds9797 recommended:Sep 28th, 2021
Really beautiful and insightful conversation about trauma & the body - the nature of memories: become integrated into stories - traumatic memories are not integrated but relived: nature of trauma is that you can not recollect it as a story, the brain does not allow the story to be created. Sleep...Show More
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adam_p recommended:Jan 3rd, 2020
"Trauma is not about being verbal or reasonable or articulate." Van der Kolk's body of work proves that the key to so much of human trauma lies not in talking it out but embodying ourselves through sensory and somatic experiences. He regards yoga as an essential and accessible strategy for PTSD tr...Show More
alicekoFeb 1st, 2020
@adam_p This episode was MIND BLOWING. Everything that Van der Kolk discusses makes sense. I have now looked into EMDR as a result of this episode and will also try to scan his book, or find another episode with Kolk. Thank you for sharing, truly.
adam_pFeb 1st, 2020
@aliceko You are welcome. Am I'm so glad for you to have more tools to put your trauma behind you. I feel like being an evangelist for van der Kolk's work is my duty and pleasure, he's helped me so much. I wonder if reading one of his more recent titles would be time better spent, as it might be m...Show More
aliceko recommended:Feb 1st, 2020
In 2019, I was in two car incidents - one at the start of the year, and one at the end of the year. It's taken me a full year to realize that I never dealt with the trauma from either one of those situations properly and the impact is both physiological and emotional. Thanks to Psychiatrist Bessel v...Show More
adam_pFeb 1st, 2020
@aliceko Isn't it surprising how this idea that trauma is stored in the body, and thus must be treated in the body, makes so much sense once you are exposed to it? I feel like this is the sea change for therapeutic treatments that needs to be the new normal.
alicekoFeb 9th, 2020
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slowandsudden recommended:Dec 29th, 2019
I loved the information he provided on heart rate variability and also on yoga being a practice of embodiment when processing trauma. Talk-therapy is definitely not the only therapy out there and I’m glad he highlighted that!
alicekoDec 30th, 2019
I CANNOT WAIT TO LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE!!!
alicekoFeb 1st, 2020
@sjlinquist Steph, thank you SO MUCH for recommending this episode. This is steering my life in a different direction now. Thank you <3
slowandsuddenFeb 4th, 2020
@aliceko ahhh I’m so glad to hear that!! Love and healing to you 🙏🏼❤️