Obese women are much more likely to have endured sexual abuse, as noted in “The Body Keeps The Score” is Dr. Bessel van der Kolk. When these women are helped with weight, their underlying issues are exposed and their lives can get very difficult. Their size is a defence that keeps them from feeling vulnerable … Continue reading Solution Is The Problem
Sometimes, when I mess up, my blood sugar drops very low, down into the 50s or even high 40s. I can feel the effect in my body, as I sweat, become unstable and feel weak. I take a reading and have a slice of toast and the event passes. My doctor is rightly concerned … Continue reading Trauma 1, Trans Body 0
“If you aren’t working to integrate your life, you are working to disintegrate it.” I wrote that back in the days when I was trying for aphorisms. Brené Brown talks about the work of Bessel van der Kolk who deals with the experience of trauma. He has found that trauma survivors either deny that the … Continue reading Human Hearts
