![]() ![]() Namely, contrary to common wisdom, psychological traumas can cause real, tangible harm in the brain. ![]() Notice the use of the word “damage” in that sentence. Broadly defined, a psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event. In our case, we’re only interested in the latter. In Ancient Greek, “trauma” means “wound,” and in fact medical professionals use the same word to describe both physical injuries and psychological scars. Let us start with the first of the three. To understand Wolynn’s approach to inherited and early developmental family trauma – the so-called “core language approach” – it’s necessary to understand the relation between traumas, words and the unconscious first. So, get ready to discover why a lot of your pain is not really yours, and prepare to acquire a few tools to relieve yourself from the related torture! The corporeal anatomy of psychological traumas Early on in Paul Thomas Anderson’s superb 1999 movie “Magnolia,” game show host Jimmy Gator (played by Philip Baker Hall) mutters, “And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.’” The quote, repeated several times throughout the movie, is actually a nod to William Faulkner’s part-novel part-play “Requiem for a Nun,” where one character says to another the now-famous words, “The past is never dead it’s not even past.” In a few words, that’s the main premise of “It Didn’t Start With You” by Mark Wolynn, a groundbreaking study of inherited trauma. ![]()
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