We know the close link between mind and body.
We know that a peak of stress can tie the belly or cause a flare-up of eczema.
We also know that the sufferings of the past make the individual we are today.
We know less, on the other hand, that the hardships experienced during childhood and adolescence weaken us to the point that they expose us to pain and chronic illnesses in adulthood.
In his book
Illnesses may not fall from the sky
(1), the psychologist Cyril Tarquinio reminds us that the brain and the body forget nothing.
This professor of clinical psychology and psychopathology at the University of Lorraine, in Metz, shows how traumas - the violent ones which ravage brutally, but also the most invisible ones which use slowly but destroy as much - mark up to the DNA.
Using psychology, medicine and neuroscience, he invites us to reflect on his life story and its impact, and opens up avenues for healing.
"Many say...
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