Healing Trauma
by Peter A. Levine · first published 1999
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I too found the book extremely helpful and informative. A therapist I know recommended a companion book by Peter Levine called Healing Trauma (ISBN: 9781591796589), also available on YT as an audio book. It uses mental imagery as a way of relieving the symptons of trauma without having to relive the actual event(s). Although some of the imagery…
on “The Body Keeps the Score: Book Summary” ↗…angry at the perceived cause. This often backfires, badly. Instead, I think I need to concentrate more on letting that pain sink in, and then figuring out a better way to fight back. "Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma" by Peter Levine: Inaction in the face of trauma causes the trauma to be frozen, unhealed. Fight or flight sometimes worsens the situation, causing a cycle of trauma. One must learn to transcend it, sublimate…
on “Ask HN: How do you not take criticism of your work personally?” ↗…approach. In In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine, the author describes the mindset that exacerbates suffering and also the mindset that leads to faster healing. > trauma is neither a disease nor a disorder, but rather an injury caused by fright, helplessness and loss that can be healed by engaging our innate capacity to self-regulate high states of arousal and intense…
on “The Transformative Power of Suffering” ↗