Experts Call The Pandemic A Collective Trauma. Why Don't We Talk About It That Way? [npr.org]

[Editor's note: Bessel van der Kolk's book mentioned below, has been on the New York Times paperback nonfiction bestseller list for 170 weeks.]

When we talk about the pandemic, we talk about stress. Burnout. Uncertainty. Isolation. We don't talk as much about trauma. But a growing number of mental health professionals say that's what people are experiencing as the pandemic drags on — and we may need a new way to talk about what they're going through. NPR's Kat Lonsdorf reports.

Psychiatrist, neurologist and author Bessel van der Kolk explains how the brain processes and recovers from trauma. His 2004 book The Body Keeps the Score surged to the top of bestseller lists during the pandemic.

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