As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is a — Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself…The critical issue is allowing yourself to know what you know. That takes an enormous amount of courage.

— Bessel A. van der Kolk, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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