02/25/2026
"The big issue for traumatized people is that they don't own themselves anymore. Any loud sound, anybody insulting them, hurting them, saying bad things, can hijack them away from themselves. And so what we have learned is that what makes you resilient to trauma is to own yourself fully." Bessel van der Kolk
Trauma can be processed so the brain isn't hijacked by what is stored. I call this storage system "The Bucket" because it collects, but it also has a limit. A "volcano moment" can indicate your "bucket" is too full.
