Childhood Trauma and Addiction
- geoffmiles
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min read
Dutch Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk points out that there is almost a direct correlation between childhood trauma and addiction. 'People that feel good about themselves don't do things that endanger their bodies… Traumatized people feel agitated, restless, tight in the chest. You hate the way you feel.16 Mar 2020
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