为什么有人明明查不出任何器质性问题，却持续被头痛、胃痛、背痛折磨？Van der Kolk 给了一个让人不舒服的答案：那不是"心理作用"，那是字面意义上的身体在替你保管一段没被消化的历史。
"Many traumatized people find themselves doing things without knowing why they are doing them — acting on physical sensations or urges that seem to come out of nowhere. Their bodies are speaking a language their conscious minds don't understand."
"Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort."
躯体化不是软弱，是神经系统在没有其他出口时选择的最后一条路。真正的治愈，不是说服大脑"那都过去了"，而是帮身体把那段没说完的话，慢慢说完。