Book Review

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
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Published: 7/7/1997
Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed…

An informative and easy read on trauma that teaches us how the energy of trauma impacts our bodies.  This book shows us how the energy from trauma does not just go away and instead persists in our bodies by staying frozen  and often forces the formation of a variety of symptoms such as anxiety, depression, psychosomatic and behavioral problems.  Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal.

This book is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice or treatment. If you are in need of support, please reach out to me or your nearest mental health provider.

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