The Verywell Mind Podcast 236 - The Body Keeps the Score with Dr. Bessel van der Kolk
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Feb 6, 2023 AI Snips
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Childhood Triggers Lasting Anxiety
- Amy Moran shares how a TV show theme song from childhood still triggers anxiety decades later.
- This illustrates how even non-life-threatening experiences can leave lasting bodily impacts from trauma.
Trauma is Embodied Experience
- Trauma profoundly impacts the body because we are fundamentally embodied beings.
- Cognitive understanding alone cannot undo trauma without changing bodily patterns and sensations.
Hidden Trauma Affects Us Daily
- Many people live with unconscious trauma symptoms like hyperarousal triggered by everyday stimuli.
- These conditioned emotional responses often underlie struggles with social behavior and emotional regulation.