有时候,创伤幸存者不是不愿意说,是真的说不出来。
"Our scans showed that Broca's area — the part of the brain responsible for putting experience into words — literally goes offline during flashbacks. Victims of trauma are often truly speechless."
Van der Kolk 的团队用脑扫描发现,闪回发作时,右脑的情绪与感官回路被激活,而左脑——负责叙事、语言、时间感——却沉入了沉默。那一刻,身体活在过去,嘴却什么都说不出来。
"Trauma is not stored as a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end. It is stored as fragments — images, sounds, physical sensations — that can intrude at any time."
所以,当有人经历过什么却"完全说不清楚"——不要催,不要追问。那不是回避,那是神经系统还没准备好打开语言的门。