van der Kolk 有个让人不安的观察:创伤最狡猾的地方,不是它让人"记得"发生了什么,而是它悄悄改变了人对"正常"的感知——你以为你在活在当下,其实你在用过去的剧本解读现在。
"Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort."
更难受的是:这套被重写的默认值会主动寻找"证据"来验证自己。遇到一个稍微冷漠的表情,神经系统立刻说"看,我没说错吧"。不是偏执,是被训练过的模式识别——只是训练数据来自一段不该被当作"正常"的过去。
"As long as you keep secrets and suppress information, you are fundamentally at war with yourself."