Posts Tagged ‘recoil’

The Place My Body Remembers, But I Don’t

December 7, 2024

Back to the beginning…

Color photo of an old two-family house in Torrington, CT, with the number 57 on the porch post.
Photo by author

“What do you do when the person you are dependent on for safety becomes the source of danger

Dr Becky Kennedy on parenting and how trauma happens
https://www.hubermanlab.com/episode/dr-becky-kennedy-protocols-for-excellent-parenting-improving-relationships-of-all-kinds

57 xxxx Avenue, Torrington, 1955-1957

In one respect, I wish I could go back in time to 1955-1957 and be a fly on the wall in this apartment. But maybe it’s better I can’t. Whatever went on at 57 xxxx Avenue is something I will never know because I can’t remember…consciously. But boy my body does.

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