Hello,
I am looking for a book to read that could help me with my childhood trauma. My dad was emotionally abusive to me towards the latter half of my childhood, such as screaming at me, blaming me for many things even if I didn’t do them and hitting the furniture.
He has changed his ways and he does none of that now but unfortunately I still live in the same house as him and the trauma hasn’t gone away. For example, I tense up when he comes home, makes any loud noise (closing the bedroom door, opening/closing the fridge, setting down metal spoon on glass table), and I am not able to have a conversation with him without alarm bells ringing in my head.
Do you have any books to suggest that could help me with this? I know The Body Keeps the Score is regularly mentioned but I am not sure if it would be relevant to me.
Thank you.
by the_last_dancer
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Body keeps the score is where a lot of people start and it’s applicable across the board. I also recommend Waking the Tiger by Peter Levine and No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz, trauma stewardship by Laura van der noot lipsky is excellent!