Week 3: Chapter 2 — Your Story Matters

1.Kolber distinguishes between "big T" trauma (overwhelming, acute events) and "little t" trauma (chronic, relational wounds that may not look dramatic from the outside). Had you encountered this distinction before? How does it expand your understanding of what counts as a wound worth paying attention to?

2.She describes how unprocessed experiences get stored in our bodies and nervous systems — not just our minds — and continue to shape our responses. Have you ever noticed a physical reaction (tightened chest, clenched jaw, shallow breathing) that seemed tied to an emotional memory? What was that like?

3.Kolber talks about the importance of having a "coherent narrative" of our own story — not a sanitized version that skips the hard parts, but an honest, integrated account. What parts of your story are hardest to include in your own telling of it? Why?