The Big Think Interview

Bessel van der Kolk: The body’s silent record of trauma

Dienstag, 19. Mai 2026 · 59 min

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Trauma doesn’t vanish when danger does. According to psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, the body acts as an archive, holding fear, pain, and survival instincts long after the moment passes.
Van der Kolk explains why conventional treatments for trauma fall short, and the promising new pathways to healing that science is revealing.

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