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General Discussion / Re: what is trauma really?
« on: May 26, 2015, 08:17:06 PM »
Thanks very much for your thoughtful response. I like the analogy of the tree a lot. One thing I was wondering after I asked, is if my question weren't more part of the confusion itself. More specifically, if trying to reduce trauma to one thing per se may not be the right path, since it is such a murky and complex entity. But I like the concept of trauma as more of a process than a thing... I have also been stepping back and seeing it more as a dimension, or a *lack of* something rather than some *thing* in itself. As in, trauma creates a tear in the social fabric into which we are born and which nurtures us along the way. The tricky irony (irony being where the truth often hides I've found, where the opposites unite) is that the tear CAN strengthen and develop the fabric towards an even more beautiful quilt, if I could finish the analogy awkwardly... Thanks and I look forward to those books. I wonder if you have heard of John Beebe? Have consulted/been to therapy with him, he's pretty cool.