A revolutionary reexamination of trauma's role in the life journey,
opening the door to growth and healing Trauma does not just happen
to a few unlucky people; it is the bedrock of our psychology. Death
and illness touch us all, but even the everyday sufferings of
loneliness and fear are traumatic. In The Trauma of Everyday Life
renowned psychiatrist and author of Thoughts Without a Thinker Mark
Epstein uncovers the transformational potential of trauma,
revealing how it can be used for the mind's own development.
Western psychology teaches that if we understand the cause of
trauma, we might move past it while many drawn to Eastern practices
see meditation as a means of rising above, or distancing themselves
from, their most difficult emotions. Both, Epstein argues, fail to
recognize that trauma is an indivisible part of life and can be
used as a lever for growth and an ever deeper understanding of
change. When we regard trauma with this perspective, understanding
that suffering is universal and without logic, our pain connects us
to the world on a more fundamental level. The way out of pain is
through it. Epstein's discovery begins in his analysis of the life
of Buddha, looking to how the death of his mother informed his path
and teachings. The Buddha's spiritual journey can be read as an
expression of primitive agony grounded in childhood trauma. Yet the
Buddha's story is only one of many in The Trauma of Everyday Life.
Here, Epstein looks to his own experience, that of his patients,
and of the many fellow sojourners and teachers he encounters as a
psychiatrist and Buddhist. They are alike only in that they share
in trauma, large and small, as all of us do. Epstein finds
throughout that trauma, if it doesn't destroy us, wakes us up to
both our minds' own capacity and to the suffering of others. It
makes us more human, caring, and wise. It can be our greatest
teacher, our freedom itself, and it is available to all of us.
Check out Epstein's latest book, Advice Not Given: A Guide to
Getting Over Yourself.
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