“Feelings of helplessness, immobility, and freezing. If hyperarousal is the nervous system’s accelerator, a sense of overwhelming helplessness is its brake. The helplessness that is experienced at such times is not the ordinary sense of helplessness that can affect anyone… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
If you bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you Will be your salvation. If you do not bring… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“The third noble truth holds that suffering can be transformed and healed.” — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
Now, what happens whenever there's a loud sound is that it startles us, right? And we arrest what we're doing, and we try to… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect. — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“...who have been traumatized, this can be a monumental leap of faith, but we can recover from trauma; indeed, my experience assisting others to… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“For this reason, I sincerely believe that just about everyone can benefit from doing the Twelve-Phase Healing Trauma Program that you’ll find in this… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
The effects of unresolved trauma can be devastating. It can affect our habits and outlook on life, leading to addictions and poor decision-making. It… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
While studying the effects of accumulated stress on the nervous system, I began to suspect that most organisms have an innate capacity to rebound… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“He then made the connection between Jim’s death and the compulsion he felt to commit the robberies. Once he became aware of his feelings… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“Feelings of helplessness, immobility, and freezing. If hyperarousal is the nervous system’s accelerator, a sense of overwhelming helplessness is its brake. The helplessness that… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
In top-down processing, which is normally what we do in psychotherapy, we talk about our problems, our symptoms, or our relationships. And then the… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“One of the paradoxical and transformative aspects of implicit traumatic memory is that once it is accessed in a resourced way (through the felt… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
“Highly traumatized and chronically neglected or abused individuals are dominated by the immobilization/shutdown system. On the other hand, acutely traumatized people (often by a… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share
