Trauma Spectrum Cl

Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of the immune system. Because of our inadequate understanding of the relationship of mind and body in processing these traumas, many of us suffer needlessly from our exposure to life's traumas. Robert Scaer offers hope to those who wish to transform trauma and better understand their lives.

Foreword by Peter Levine

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Preface: An Autobiographical Study of Trauma and Meaning

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Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction: Trauma and Meaning

1

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Part I. Brain Mechanisms and Trauma

1. The Brain/Mind/Body Continuum

13

(15)

2. How the Brain Helps Us to Survive

28

(30)

3. Trauma As Imprisonment of the Mind

58

(19)

4. Genes, Experience, and Behavior

77

(22)

Part II. The Trauma Spectrum

5. Preverbal Trauma

99

(27)

6. The Spectrum of Societal Trauma: From Neglect to Violence

126

(25)

7. The Trauma of Illness and Its Treatment

151

(26)

Part III. Trauma in Health and Disease

8. Somatic Dissociation: Conversion Hysteria, Stigmata, and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

177

(28)

9. Diseases of Stress and Trauma

205

(47)

Conclusion: Healing Trauma and the Power of the Human Spirit

252

(33)

Epilogue: Understanding Your Life

285

(6)

References

291

(8)

Index

299

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