创伤不是存在记忆里的——它存在身体里。受过惊吓的心脏，绷紧的肩膀，莫名其妙就想逃跑的腿。这些反应不需要"回忆"触发，它们自己就会重放。
"Trauma is not stored as a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end. It is stored in the body as physical sensations and emotional states that have no story attached to them."
这就是为什么很多人说"我已经想通了"，但身体还在受苦——心跳加速、呼吸急促、肌肉随时准备逃跑。大脑以为翻篇了，身体还停在那一刻，忠实地封存着当年的温度。
"The body keeps the score: if the memory of trauma is encoded in the viscera, in heartbreaking and gut-wrenching emotions, in autoimmune disorders and skeletal/muscular problems, and if mind/brain/visceral communication is the royal road to emotion regulation, this demands a radical shift in our therapeutic assumptions."
愈合的前提，是先重新感受这具身体，不是绕开它。