Dr.Peter Levine Ph.D ”Waking the Tiger” 1997, North Atlantic Books, page 20
Dr. Peter Levine has a beautiful take on how the body holds trauma. This figure shows that in trauma we’re either stuck on high or low, and symptoms are different based on the severity and complexity of the events and our past experiences and traumas. If someone has experienced prior trauma in their lives, whether it is physical, sexual, emotional, verbal, or spiritual, new trauma further complicates and disorients the mind and body connection. At any given time, your partner can go from an overwhelming experience and being stuck on high to being stuck on low with depression and several other symptoms.