Bessel van der Kolk Quotes

Somehow the very event that caused them so much pain had also become their sole source of meaning. They felt fully alive only when they were revisiting their traumatic past.

Bessel van der Kolk

• Pain
• Sole Source
• Traumatic Past

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• Somehow the very event that caused them so much pain had also become their sole source of meaning. They felt fully alive only when they were revisiting their traumatic past.

  

  Bessel van der Kolk
  • Pain
  • Sole Source
  • Traumatic Past