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Trauma has become so commonplace that most people don’t even recognize its presence. It affects everyone. Each of us has had a traumatic experience at some point in our lives, regardless of whether it left us with an obvious case of post-traumatic stress.

By Peter A. Levine
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Peter A. Levine is an American clinical psychologist, trauma therapist, and developer of somatic experiencing (SE), a neurobiological, body-based method for addressing trauma and stress disorders. He is the author of several books about healing from trauma, including Waking the Tiger.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageAlthough humans rarely die from trauma, if we do not resolve it, our lives can be severely diminished by its effects. Some people have even described this situation as a ‘living death.’

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FindCenter Quotes ImageIn moving through apprehensive chills to mounting excitement and waves of moist tingling warmth, the body, with its innate capacity to heal, melts the iceberg created by deeply frozen trauma.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageI have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that trauma is curable, but that the healing process can be a catalyst for profound awakening—a portal opening to emotional and genuine spiritual transformation.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageTrauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.

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FindCenter Quotes ImageTrauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.

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