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

In 100 Words or Less: Traumatic events actually change the physiology of our bodies and minds and with them, our experience of everyday life. These powerful symptoms will linger indefinitely until we find effective ways to resolve them. Medications, though helpful in some circumstances, typically suppress symptoms and carry unwanted side effects. Though this book speaks primarily to the treatment of victims of acute trauma -- soldiers returning from war or survivors of rape or child abuse, for example -- there are useful insights for everyday life as well. It would benefit from aggressive editing; it can be repetitive and excessively detailed. Still, if you or someone you love have ever been traumatized, I cannot recommend it highly enough.