The Body Keeps the Score

Description

Injury is an unavoidable truth. Veterans and their families manage the difficult consequence of battle; one out of five Americans has been attacked; one out of four grew up with heavy drinkers; one out of three couples have occupied with physical brutality. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s chief specialists on injury, has gone through more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he utilizes ongoing logical

advances to show how injury truly reshapes both body and mind, trading off victims’ abilities for delight, commitment, discretion, and trust.

He investigates inventive medicines—from neurofeedback and reflection to sports, show, and yoga—that offer new ways to recuperation by enacting the cerebrum’s characteristic neuroplasticity. In light of Dr. van der Kolk’s own exploration and that of other driving masters,

The Body Keeps the Score uncovered the gigantic intensity of our connections both to hurt and to mend—and offers new trust in recovering lives.