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The Body Holds the Resistence

Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist writes that “the body keeps the score”, a store of traumatic memories and stress. But I believe, this score is a neccesary resistance, against perfection, performance, and the relentless demand to appear effortlessly fine.

We are not all fine. Why pretend?

My neck has lines that underscore a journey of body and mind
The neck stiffens under scrutiny. It holds the weight of being watched, evaluated, expected to be both soft and unbreakable.

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