Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds And Human ResiliencyA neurologist's view of our response to trauma. Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of the immune system. Because of our inadequate understanding of the relationship of mind and body in processing these traumas, many of us suffer needlessly from our exposure to life's traumas. Robert Scaer offers hope to those who wish to transform trauma and better understand their lives. |
Contents
Trauma and Meaning | 1 |
Brain Mechanisms and Trauma | 11 |
The BrainMindBody Continuum | 13 |
How the Brain Helps Us to Survive | 28 |
Trauma As Imprisonment of the Mind | 58 |
Genes Experience and Behavior | 77 |
The Trauma Spectrum | 97 |
Preverbal Trauma | 99 |
The Trauma of Illness and Its Treatment | 151 |
Trauma in Health and Disease | 175 |
Somatic Dissociation Conversion Hysteria Stigmata and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy | 177 |
Diseases of Stress and Trauma | 205 |
Healing Trauma and the Power of the Human Spirit | 252 |
Understanding Your Life | 285 |
References | 291 |
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