“Mainstream trauma treatment has paid scant attention to helping terrified people to safely experience their sensations and emotions.”— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com
“The emotional brain initiates preprogrammed escape plans, like the fight-or-flight responses. These muscular and physiological reactions are automatic, set in motion without any thought or planning on our part, leaving our conscious, rational capacities to catch up later, often well after the threat…”— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com
“Chronic childhood abuse causes very different mental and biological adaptations than discrete traumatic events in adulthood.”— Bessel Van Der Kolk, amazon.com