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0:00 A lot of trampist people are terrified of touch, don't feel comfortable with touch or need touch all the time or don't get comfort from touch. So there's a real altered relationship to your bodily systems. And you know because we have been so drugs or yakking in our field, we haven't paid attention to that. And for me it's interesting that there have been Nobel prizes figuring out how vision works and how audition works and how smell works. And somehow people left out touch. And has been virtually not studied. Even though the first thing we do when we're distressed is to hold on to each other. And often when something terrible happens, you don't even have words. But just feeling somebody even better is bigger and stronger than you are to hold you said it will be okay.
0:47 It's very powerful. >> And people who are traumatized have terrific difficulties taking in the comfort of touch, living with it. And I think that's a dimension that we need to pay much more attention
Summary
- Many traumatized individuals fear or struggle with physical touch.
- Touch is often the first instinct for comfort during distress, yet it is under-researched.
- The significance of touch is highlighted as a powerful means of reassurance and connection.
- Individuals with trauma may find it difficult to accept or benefit from comforting touch.
- There is a need for greater attention to the role of touch in emotional and psychological healing.