6/2/2023 0 Comments What my bones know book review![]() ![]() It shoots out an onslaught of stress chemicals like adrenaline and cortisol that elevate your heart rate and blood pressure, narrowing your focus to the thump of the impact and the pain and the sound of an ambulance. ![]() Your brain registers the noise of the car screeching to a halt, the grille speeding toward you. Let’s say, for example, that you are hit by a car. The books taught me that when we live through traumatic experiences, our brains take in the things around us that are causing the greatest threat, and they encode these things deep into our subconscious as sources of danger. And I made my way through them, one painful page at a time. But still, I was desperate to learn, so I bought a small stack of books, each with a vague impressionist painting on the cover coupled with uninviting font. What does exist is often dry, dull, and written with all the kindness and emotional intelligence of a tech bro. ![]() Because it isn’t in the DSM, there isn’t much literature on C-PTSD. ![]()
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