![]() This affects not only how you remember and tell the story (typically more images than biographical details), and it also changes how that information is stored in your brain. He discusses how trauma activates your fight-or-flight response in the amygdala, or emotional center of your brain. Van der Kolk begins the book giving background information about trauma and how it impacts both the structures of the brain and interpersonal relationships. How This Book is Organized How Trauma Affects the Brain and Body His focus on neuroscience and attachment form the basis of his points in his book. In his 40+ years of clinical experience as a psychiatrist, van der Kolk has done extensive research on the effects of trauma on brains and bodies of children and adults. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bessel van der Kolk, in his book The Body Keeps the Score, describes the experience of holding trauma in our bodies both through changes to the structures of our brain and effects of trauma on daily living for those who have experienced traumatic events. ![]()
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