"Glen
and Mary both suffered from post-traumatic symptoms. Trauma, similar to
its insidious cousin chronic stress, changes our biology, affecting our
bodies, minds, and spirit. Our brain and nervous system begin to change,
freeze and become stuck. There is no peace. We stop growing, trapped in
the past, living a day-to-day survival existence. According to experts
like Peter A. Levine,
“trauma has become so commonplace that we don’t often recognize its
presence. Symptoms can remain dormant, accumulating over years or even
decades Then, during a stressful period, or as a result of another
incident, they can show up without warning. It affects everyone sometime
in our lives, regardless of whether it left us with an obvious case of
post-traumatic stress.”
Though technology has transformed
the external world, little has changed in our internal world, curing one
disease is often replaced by creating two. Our conflicts are often
settled with violence, and our world is consumed with disease and
ego-driven emotions, from anger to greed. In our unconsciousness, we
continually hurt ourselves. The trauma cycle continues generation to
generation. Glen healed, Mary healed, and with the right support and
training, the world can heal."
