Bessel van der Kolk — How Trauma Lodges in the Body
On Being with Krista Tippett
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The Effects of Moving Your Eyes Back and Forward
EMDR is a treatment of choice for people who have suffered trauma. It's been very difficult to find out the underlying mechanisms, but it can be done by yourself or with someone else. Stress hormones are good for you if they're released into your body in an active way. But what goes wrong when we don't use them? We stop using our own internal system and then stress hormone levels get too high.
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