Dr. Peter Levine, who has worked with trauma survivors for twenty-five years, says the single most important factor he has learned in uncovering the mystery of human trauma is what happens during and after the freezing response. He describes an impala being chased by a cheetah. The second the cheetah pounces on the young impala, the animal goes limp. The impala isn’t playing dead, she has “instinctively entered an altered state of consciousness, shared by all mammals when death appears imminent.” (Levine and Frederick, Waking the Tiger, p. 16) The impala becomes instantly immobile. However, if the impala escapes, what she does immediately thereafter is vitally important. She shakes and quivers every part of her body, clearing the traumatic energy she has accumulated.
Marilyn Van DerburTags: survivors trauma traumatic-experiences traumatized fight-flight-freeze play-dead trauma-experiences traumatic-stress
PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.
Susan Pease BanittTags: psychology emotions spirituality yoga healing stress mental-health posttraumatic-stress-disorder trauma ptsd traumatic-experiences traumatized traumatic-stress post-traumatic-stress-disorder posttraumatic
Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.
Peter A. LevineTags: healing gift relief posttraumatic-stress-disorder trauma ptsd traumatized trauma-experiences traumatic-stress trauma-healing post-traumatic-stress-disorder traumatic-epiphonies posttraumatic-stress
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