When the Body Remembers What the Mind Forgot
When the Mind Says It Never Happened, but the Body Remembers Some experiences are so traumatic that surviving them can involve mentally separating from what happened. Rape and sexual assault can be among those experiences. Not every survivor immediately says, “I was raped.” Some minimize it. Some question themselves. Some bury the memory. Some continue interacting with the person who harmed them. Others spend years convincing themselves that what happened wasn't really what they know it was. It didn't happen. It wasn't that serious. Maybe I'm remembering it wrong. I don't want to think about it. Sometimes denial isn't about intentionally creating a lie. It can be the mind's attempt to continue functioning when the truth feels too overwhelming to process. But convincing the mind doesn't necessarily convince the body. Sometimes the mind says it never happened while the body continues carrying the experience. The Body Keeps the Score One powerful book th...
