Body, Rewritten
Trauma and the Dance of AdaptationBy Mike Finn, PhD
Length24m
About this audiobook
Trauma is usually cast as an “unreleased charge” lodged in flesh. Body, Rewritten challenges that metaphor. Drawing on systems neuroscience, dynamic‑systems modeling, and contemporary clinical research, psychologist‑philosopher Mike Finn argues that post‑traumatic states are not inert residues but active patterns: self‑organizing strategies the body‑mind keeps generating to anticipate risk. Through composite case studies and close readings of work by Lisa Feldman Barrett, Jaak Panksepp, and George Bonanno, Finn traces how single‑event PTSD and complex developmental trauma reorganize affect, memory, and social perception. The result is a theoretical essay on embodiment and adaptation rather than a program for recovery—an invitation to rethink trauma as a shifting relational ecology rather than a substance to be extracted.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreHealth and Wellness, Psychology
Length24 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 30, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Misunderstood Body: Trauma as Dynamic Reorganization
5Patterns, Attractors, and Self-Organization
2Beyond the Myth of "Stuck" Trauma
6The Many Modes of Meaning-Making
3The Complexity of Complex PTSD
7Healing as Integration and Emergent Complexity
4Resilience and the Diversity of Trauma Responses
8Conclusion: The Body Reimagined, The Self Renewed
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