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The Body Keeps The Score | Bessel A. van der Kolk | Notes

  • Page 356-"Most of our profound advances grew out of experiencing trauma"-look at historical examples -Conclusion of hope and changing of systems from generation to generation

  • Page 25-Was there a clear line between creativity & pathological imagination?

  • Page 62-Frontal lobe & waiter

  • Page 205-Frazzel brain

  • Page 81-Central vagnal complex

  • Page 97-Sense of self & the body- A tug of war ensues

  • Page 59- Well functioning frontal lobes are crucial for harmonious relationships

  • Page 65- When our emotional and rational brains are in conflict as when we're enraged with someone we love, frightened by someone we're dependent on or just after someone who is off limits

  • Page 60-But it is exactly on that edge between impulse & acceptable behaviour where most of our troubles begin

  • Page 144/147-Obesity's link with sexual abuse-when problems are solutions

  • Page 144/147 Obesity's link with sexual abuse- deflecting sexual attention- when problems are solutions

  • Page 258-2 me's

  • Page 56 Reptilian Brain + limbic system = emotional brain

  • Page 25-Fragmented memories of real experience schizophrenic hallucination

  • Page 79 Reciprocity/social victim group cons

  • Page 56-Reptillian brain

  • No room for nurture care/love

  • Page 76- Survival mode fighting off unseen enemies

  • Page 179-Automatism!

  • Page 98-Alexithymia

  • Page 177-pathogenic secrets

  • Page 258- After Effects-Images in intimacy Page 218- Centre mugging programme self defence

  • Page 233-Core feelings bored overwhelmed shutdown

  • Page 253-EMDR-results

  • Page 18-Traumatic event-only time= sole purpose they feel alive

  • Page 210-Trauma & Support Systems

  • Page 233-Road to recover-brutal honesty

  • Page 259-EMDR + Imagination + Control

  • Page 105-Resilience quote-"In all quiet on the western front"- page 186

  • Page 114-Abused kids reactions to faces compared to non abused kids (intenser perceived aggression to neutral faces)

  • Page 335- Theatre & Trauma

  • Page 311/312- How traumatised people process the world

  • Page 273-Sensory awareness

  • Page 276-Loosing trust/maintaining trust with trigger words

  • Page 284-1) Little child 2) Older mature adult + victim 3) internal landscape "I hate the protective part"

  • Page 285-A life in parts

  • Page 286-Frigid contempt for partners that treat you will after sexual abuse

  • Page 266: Chronically angry/scared/chronic pain- Physical symptoms 1)Spasms 2)Backpain 3)Migrain Headaches 4) Fibromalgia

  • Page 65: Annie's association of excitement to see her dad with fear of being molested

  • Page 299-Psychomotor therapies & Visual Memories

  • Page 248-American deaths compared to Iraq

  • Page 248-Politics link with trauma

  • Page 339 "We were shocked to discover that in scenes where someone was in physical danger, the student sided with the aggressor because they could not tolerate any sign of weakness in themselves

  • Page 345-Therapy & theatre are intuition at work- Setting boundaries in a theatre group

  • Page 342-"You can't save your students only sit alongside them and help them realise their vision"

  • page 341-Teaching interdependencies requires teaching relationships





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