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Published Dec 23, 2024

The Body Trauma Expert: This Eye Movement Trick Can Fix Your Trauma! The Body Keeps The Score!

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a renowned trauma expert, delves into the intricacies of trauma, its childhood origins, and healing methods like EMDR, yoga, and breathwork, while examining societal influences on recovery through cultural and community lenses.

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- Can you explain more about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and how it works?
  Asked by 160 people
- How effective is EMDR compared to other therapies?
  Asked by 127 people
- Is it true that the nervous system needs a different input at the right time to change a reaction, as discussed in episode #368: Polyvagal Path: Healing Your Nervous System & Your Life with Dr. Stephen Porges and the clip Body Awareness Journey? For example, if a person has a fear or phobia and their body becomes reactive when they encounter a trigger, would a solution be to try to calm the body with breathwork at that moment? Would this approach provide a different input to the nervous system so that over time it stops being activated by the original trigger? Is this how Pavlov's dogs experiment is used as a tool for changing the nervous system's responses?
  Asked by 93 people
- How does EMDR work at a neurological level?
  Asked by 70 people
- How to heal trauma
  Asked by 49 people
- What is the typical procedure during an EMDR session?
  Asked by 47 people
- What is EMDR?
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- If we can't forget traumatic events but can modify our emotional response to past events, can the changes to a person's character following an event also be reversed or altered? For example, if someone who was once very positive and engaging returns from war or suffers the loss of a parent/spouse and as a result becomes guarded and distant, how much of our "character" is malleable? Or can people truly become "stuck in their ways"?
  Asked by 42 people
- Is there a podcast that covers the topic of trauma?
  Asked by 37 people
- Can you explain more about intergenerational trauma?
  Asked by 35 people
- Why is it difficult to connect with others on an emotional level?
  Asked by 34 people
- What are the positive aspects of having kids on the emotional and psychological health of parents?
  Asked by 32 people
- What insights do children offer?
  Asked by 26 people
- How can I stop blaming myself?
  Asked by 24 people
- Why is it difficult to connect with others on an emotional level in the episode #416: Stepping Into Maturity: Healing the Wounds that Hold Men Back and the clip Embracing Initiation?
  Asked by 23 people

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