Bessel van der Kolk — 💊 Healing Quote

Restoring a felt sense of bodily safety is the very heart of trauma healing.

“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies and making them feel safe again is the heart of healing”

Restoring a felt sense of bodily safety is the very heart of trauma healing.

“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health and kindness creates that safety”

— Bessel van der Kolk

“The body keeps the score and it always wins”

— Bessel van der Kolk

“Being able to feel safe with other people is probably the single most important aspect of mental health”

— Bessel van der Kolk

“For real change to take place the body needs to learn that the danger has passed and to live in the reality of the present”

— Bessel van der Kolk