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We discuss the lived experience of trauma, the relationship between the mind and the body, the differences between our “experiencing” and “autobiographical” selves, why van der Kolk believes human language is both a “miracle” and a “tyranny,” unconventional treatments for trauma from E.M.D.R. It obscures the memories, or convinces us our victimization was our fault, or covers the event in shame so we don’t discuss it. But - and I found this more revelatory - the mind _hides_ the score. We carry a physical imprint of our psychic wounds.

And that means two things simultaneously. The core argument of the book is that traumatic experiences - everything from sexual assault and incest to emotional and physical abuse - become embedded in the older, more primal parts of our brain that don’t have access to conscious awareness. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list, a testament to the state of our national psyche. And although the book was first released over seven years ago, it now sits at No. His 2014 book “The Body Keeps the Score,” quickly became a touchstone on the topic. Van der Kolk, a psychiatrist by training, has been a pioneer in trauma research for decades now and leads the Trauma Research Foundation. “The emotions and physical sensations that were imprinted during the trauma are experienced not as memories but as disruptive physical reactions in the present.”

“Trauma is much more than a story about something that happened long ago,” writes Dr.