Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as… - Bessel van der Kolk

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Being traumatized means continuing to organize your life as if the trauma were still going on—unchanged and immutable—as every new encounter or event is contaminated by the past.

Bessel van der Kolk

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About Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk (born 1943) is a psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator who was born in the Netherlands and is now based in Boston, USA. Since the 1970s his research has been in the area of post-traumatic stress.

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Alternative Names: Bessel A. van der Kolk

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