“Suppressing our inner cries for help does not stop our stress hormones from mobilizing the body,” writes Bessel van der Kolk. Trauma, though, is often misunderstood and, therefore, never resolved. So we can keep having stress responses that we explain from other sources - a hectic schedule, a project at work, a couple rough nights of sleep - and never actually address the trauma beneath.

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