Unbroken: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong

And Other Things You Need to Know to Take Back Your Life

De: MaryCatherine McDonald PhD

Narrado por: MaryCatherine McDonald PhD

Duración: 5 h y 32 m

Resumen del Editor

A profound new approach to healing trauma, grounded in a radical reframing of how we understand this nearly universal experience

For centuries, we’ve been taught that being traumatized means we are somehow broken—and that trauma only happens to people who are too fragile or flawed to deal with hardship. But as a researcher, teacher, and survivor, Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald has learned that the only thing broken is our society’s understanding of trauma. “The body’s trauma response is designed to save our lives—and it does,” she says. “It’s not a sign of weakness, but of our function, strength, and amazing resilience.”

With Unbroken: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong, Dr. McDonald overturns the misconceptions about trauma with the latest evidence from neuroscience and psychology—and shares tested practices and tools to help you work with your body’s coping mechanisms to accelerate healing. Here, you’ll explore:

• What is trauma? The latest science that undoes the stigmas of shame, blame, and humiliation

• Moral injury—having our basic sense of how the world should work overturned

• The truth about triggers—what they really are and how they can guide the healing journey

• Traumatic patterns—new findings to help break free from recurring habits and toxic dynamics

• Why we can always rewrite our inner narratives, no matter how much time has passed

• Finding a “relational home” for trauma—how we can help each other return to wholeness

Dr. McDonald’s case studies reveal the many ways trauma can manifest and persist in our lives, yet there’s one factor every case has in common: the trauma response itself reveals the path to healing. “Our traumatic experiences reveal that we can be bent, dented, or bruised,” she says, “but we cannot be broken.” For anyone who has gone through trauma or wants to help others who are struggling, here is an empowering resource for finding our way home to our bodies, rebuilding our relationships, and returning to full engagement with life.

©2023 MaryCatherine McDonald, PhD (P)2023 Sounds True

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Equal parts memoir, client stories, and neuroscience, Unbroken: The Trauma Response Is Never Wrong will radically reframe everything you’ve ever thought about trauma and how to heal from it. No more feelings of shame. Just newfound empowerment.”—Mark Epstein, MD, author of Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart and The Zen of Therapy

“We all experience trauma. And it leaves scars for most of us. We can learn to better handle it using Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald’s fresh, positive, and scientifically rigorous approach. Her toolbox full of practical, down-to-earth advice and methods enables us to lift the burdens of shame, guilt, and fear that we all shoulder when we suffer from trauma. Unbroken is essential to showing us how we can become empowered, moving beyond the trauma in our past.”—Allan Hamilton, MD, author of The Scalpel and the Soul and the forthcoming Cerebral Entanglements

“I call MaryCatherine the Brené Brown of trauma. She normalizes trauma and helps us get rid of shame so that we can accept our stories fully and embrace our humanness—something that we need now in the world more than ever.”—John Kim, aka The Angry Therapist

Brave, insightful, and helpful

I didn’t expect a book on trauma to trigger so much hope. "Unbroken: The Trauma Response is Never Wrong" is a well-written primer on trauma that is a quicker, easier to read than "The Body Keeps the Score" with equally useful content. She distills how the brain processes trauma in a brief but understandable couple pages, explains the impacts of trauma, and provides practical tools for coping with and healing trauma. I finished the book feeling stunned and uplifted by the author’s insight and bravery. A must read for everyone.

Phenomenal Read

I now have more profound insight on what trauma is and how it affects us. I don't feel so fearful and now have hope that I can heal. The author explained everything thoroughly and the exercises were incredibly helpful. I recommend this book to anyone suffering from trauma and PTSD. It will give you a better understanding of trauma, triggers, and the hope that you can heal and that you aren't alone in your battle. Thank you so much!

Thank you

I felt profound relief after the first chapter because she reassured me that tools exist and that she was going to give them to me.

Beautifully written and spoken

Absolutely loved this book. Thank you for clarity on the trauma in my life and helping me navigate these waters, and to sit with it, and those who provide me hope 💛 truly so grateful my therapist recommended this book

I never read a book twice-but this one!

I’ve been studying trauma and it’s effects on our brain, relationships, and self concept for over 10 years. This book is invaluable. The information is cutting edge relevant and easily accessible. I love the author’s narration and am still reeling with all the good good info I’m so excited to apply in my life, my business, and my healing modality (Untherapy)-this is a MUST READ for anyone who is interested in understanding themselves or others more deeply.

Best book

Brilliant book. I highly recommend this to anyone on their healing journey. I definitely will listen again and again. 

Great listen!

I loved this book. Great scientific and personal info. Inspiring on many levels! So happy the author narrated.

Life Changing - MUST Read on Trauma

Please excuse the possibly less than articulate review of this book as I still have a tear or two leaking from my eyes as this book ends, not just for the beautiful closing story but for the entire book.
First, I don't normally love when authors narrate their own books because they do not make good narrators; however, MaryCatherine (MC) does a wonderful job narrating this book, and I would happily listen to her narrations in the future. Her voice is calming which is perfect for the topic being discussed. I did listen at 1.5 speed, but that's my normal speed for audiobooks. Lastly, she was clear and truly easy on the ears to listen to.
Second, as far as the content of the book, I am absolutely blown away. As someone who has done a lot of work on healing my own trauma but always struggles with feeling like I can't quite TRULY get rid of it, like it keeps rearing it's ugly head in situations that remotely resemble aspects of the original trauma, I go into total helpless mode without even being able to stop it. I lose ability to speak, I just stand there and go into disassociation / shut down mode. So talk therapy hasn't helped, what's left? What's wrong with me? MC finally answers that question! She goes into why those traumas still come up, and she gives tips and tools to start working through those mixed into the stories she uses to illustrate common trauma types.
I am excited to go forward, working on applying these techniques to my every day life, and I will definitely be following MC to keep up with anything she may release in the future.

For right time in healing.

This book has some wonderful insight. it's great for when you're in the midst of a latter part of your healing path. I don't think trauma is going to be put away the way that she was afraid of.

Validating useful book

MC does a fantastic job of validating our experiences while helping us understand our brain and the social context our traumas are held in by others.