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Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk Quotes

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Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

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“If you’re an adult and life’s been good to you, and then something bad happens, that sort of injures a little piece of the whole structure. But toxic stress in childhood from abandonment or chronic violence has pervasive effects on the capacity to pay attention, to learn, to see where other people are coming from, and it really creates havoc with the whole social environment.”

— Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk, Childhood Trauma Leads to Brains Wired for Fear

Tagged: Childhood Trauma, Abusive Parents, Aftermath of Abuse, Toxic Stress, Toxic Stress In Childhood, Abandonment Wounds, Effects of Chronic Violence, Chronic Violence

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