Trauma
What overwhelming experience leaves behind, and whether it is stored in the body, the memory, or the loop between them.
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Maria Popova quoted
Writer and founder of The Marginalian
Their wordsthe most devastating and deadening effect of growing up in such an emotional environment - the way in which we come to mistake the crumbs of mercy for a feast of love.
↗How to Handle a Narcissistic and Abusive Parent: Kafka’s Remarkable Letter to Fatherthemarginalian.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Katelyn Jetelina quoted
Epidemiologist; founded Your Local Epidemiologist in March…
Our readingThe long-term health effects of a disaster deserve as much attention as the disaster itself.
Their wordsWhen there is a disaster, it's important to take long-term effects as seriously as the initial event.
↗Respiratory increasing, while Covid-19 peaking? Also, the air after 9/11 killed more than the actual attackyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 3 weeks earlier
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Clinical psychologist, EMDR consultant and yoga teacher in Boulder, Colorado
Their wordsthe issue that I take with some of the language around "the body keeps the score" is that it maybe doesn't also recognize that the body also carries so much wisdom and so much intelligence and kind of helps guide us towards healing
↗If the Body Doesn't Keep the Score, What Does?drarielleschwartz.com
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Their wordsIt may not be stored there, but what you're tapping into, it's not a repository of the memory, but it's part of this mind-body feedback loop where there's a sensation that your brain has an association to that might have a familiarity to a time in which you felt sad or scared.
↗If the Body Doesn't Keep the Score, What Does?drarielleschwartz.com
- 5 weeks earlier
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Tommy Wood quoted
Associate professor at the University of Washington
Our readingCooling someone after a head injury does not help; what matters is stopping them from getting hot.
Their wordsSo there have been lots of studies where they've done cooling hypothermia in people after traumatic brain injuries and concussions hasn't really shown much of an effect. What seems to be important is preventing hyperothermia.
↗Accelerate Learning & Increase Cognitive Capacity | Dr. Tommy Woodyoutube.com 26th of 26 in this recording
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David Reich quoted
Geneticist at Harvard Medical School
Their wordsThe work that I've been involved in is consistently shown that I was wrong in my biases coming into the work and I've really been almost traumatized by this. Like again and again I've come into a project with some kind of guess about what the data was showing and then the data doesn't show that.
↗David Reich – Bronze Age shock, the Neanderthal puzzle, & the sudden spread of farmingyoutube.com 25th of 26 in this recording
- 4 months earlier
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Craig Hockenberry quoted
Mac and iOS developer at the Iconfactory
Their wordsIt turns out the brain can't handle more than one pain input at a time - the broken ribs put the nerve pain on the back burner.
↗The Year That Kicked My Assfurbo.org 1st of 2 in this piece
- 7 months earlier
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James Holland quoted
British historian and writer specialising in the Second World War
Their wordsThere is just no stomach to do that again. So that makes them risk averse. And by being risk averse, you’re actually taking a far greater risk. That’s the irony of it.
↗James Holland: World War II, Hitler, Churchill, Stalin & Biggest Battles | Lex Fridman Podcast #470youtube.com 6th of 27 in this recording
- 9 months earlier
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Their wordsOne area that is particularly vulnerable to traumatic stress is the corpus callosum, which sits in between the left and right hemispheres of your brain.
↗Brain and Body Integration for Trauma Recoverydrarielleschwartz.com 1st of 3 in this piece
- 2 months earlier
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Sara Walker quoted
Astrobiologist and theoretical physicist at Arizona State University
Their wordsI think for me, the frontier in modern physics, where the new physics lies is not in high energy particle physics, it’s not in quantum gravity, it’s not in any of these sort of traditionally sold, “This is going to be the newest deepest insight we have into the nature of reality.” It is going to be in studying the problems of life and intelligence and the things that are sort of also our current existential crises as a civilization or a culture that’s going through an existential trauma of inventing technologies that we don’t understand right now.
↗Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #433youtube.com 12th of 22 in this recording
- 3 weeks earlier
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Charan Ranganath quoted
Professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of California
Their wordsAnd from what I understand, the research actually shows that they just produce what people want to hear, not necessarily the information that is being looked for.
↗Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories | Lex Fridman Podcast #430youtube.com 15th of 20 in this recording
- 3 months earlier
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Mark Manson quoted
American author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck…
Their wordsBut unfortunately, today, we know conclusively that it is simply not true. A great amount of people's personalities, dispositions, beliefs, and dysfunctions are genetically-driven.
↗33 Powerful Books That Might Change Your Lifemarkmanson.net
- 9 months earlier
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Sue Johnson quoted
Clinical psychologist and the developer of emotionally…
Their wordsemotional isolation is inherently traumatizing in itself
↗Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson (Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson)podcasts.apple.com 4th of 8 in this recording
- 11 months earlier
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Scott Alexander quoted
Essayist; writes Astral Codex Ten
Their wordsI would recommend that anyone who thinks they're suffering from trauma (eg PTSD) try a trauma-focused therapy like EMDR before trying to address nightmares directly, unless the nightmares are overwhelmingly worse than all their other trauma symptoms.
- 11 months earlier
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Michael Pollan quoted
Author and journalist writing on food
Their wordsAddiction may be less a disease than a symptom - of trauma, social disconnection, depression or economic distress.
↗How Should We Do Drugs Now?michaelpollan.com 2nd of 3 in this piece
- 20 months earlier
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Scott Alexander quoted
Their wordsEye movement directed reprocessing (alternative when the book was written, now basically establishment) where you move your eyes back and forth while talking about your trauma, and this seems to somehow help you process it better.
- 24 months earlier
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Jonathan Shedler quoted
Clinical psychologist and clinical professor of psychiatry at UCSF
Their wordsThe American Psychological Association (APA) just issued guidelines for treating trauma. Patients and therapists would be wise to ignore them.
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Their wordsThese memories are not integrated with other positive experiences and are limited in their ability to accommodate new information.
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Our readingHow EMDR works is still being discovered, and the proposed mechanisms are not mutually exclusive.
Their wordsthe field of neuroscience is still new; therefore, the physiological foundations of traumatic memories and how EMDR Therapy works are still in the process of being discovered.
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Their wordsTherapists must emphasize the importance of resource development and careful pacing of EMDR Therapy so that clients feel safe in the present moment.
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Arielle Schwartz quoted
Their wordsA successful treatment outcome requires that you build tolerance for the emotions and body sensations that accompany traumatic memories.
- 5 weeks earlier
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Gabor Mate quoted
Physician and author on addiction
Our readingChildhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones.
Their wordsChildhood trauma is the template for addiction-any addiction. All addictions are attempts to escape the deep pain of the hurt child, attempts temporarily soothing but ultimately futile.
↗BEYOND DRUGS: The Universal Experience of Addictiondrgabormate.com
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Gabor Mate quoted
Their wordsBut trauma is not restricted to horrific experiences. It refers to any set of events that, over time, impose more pain on the child than his or her sensitive organism can process and discharge.
↗BEYOND DRUGS: The Universal Experience of Addictiondrgabormate.com
- 8 years earlier
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Diana Fosha quoted
Psychologist who developed Accelerated…
Their wordsthe processing of suffering, i.e., stress-based, traumatizing, painful emotional experiences naturally culminates in flourishing, i.e., deeply positive experiences of aliveness, hope, faith, clarity, agency, simplicity, compassion, joy, and truth
↗Positive Affects and the Transformation of Suffering into Flourishingdoi.org