![]() It’s more like a series of little breaks and the vibe shift happening around understanding trauma and how psychological pain can cause lasting physical damage. ![]() The book’s big break can’t be traced to one thing, like a celebrity tweet or a book club, although there are plenty of those. A few posts down, another user chimes in with “This is a book my sister wants me to read and I’m waaaaay too scared to do it.” “Can the score be like soccer and stop at around < 3? I feel like I’m playing with basketball scores,” cheesesteak2018 asks in a Reddit forum on stress. “Kindly asking my body to stop keeping the score,” begs one viral tweet. ![]() Yet this 464-page, densely written tome by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., a psychiatrist and trauma researcher, about how traumatic experiences impact your capacity for pleasure, engagement, trust, and even self-control, has a life of its own right now. OBJECTIVELY, THERE'S VERY LITTLE about The Body Keeps the Score that says “best seller,” except the best-seller list, where it’s been perched for nearly four years. ![]()
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