The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Yes, you need to detect whether somebody is getting upset with you, but if your amygdala goes into overdrive, you may become chronically scared that people hate you, or you may feel like they are out to get you.

Mastering the skill of self-regulation depends to a large degree on how harmonious our early interactions with our caregivers are.

I love the expression of the great French psychiatrist Pierre Janet: “Every life is a piece of art, put together with all means available.”