Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett

the physical circumstances of these women's descriptions and her physical circumstances. And she also observed them experiencing symptoms of trauma. And all of a sudden, she started to have difficulty sleeping, and her grades dropped, and she had trouble concentrating, and she became socially withdrawn.

the physical circumstances of these women's descriptions and her physical circumstances. And she also observed them experiencing symptoms of trauma. And all of a sudden, she started to have difficulty sleeping, and her grades dropped, and she had trouble concentrating, and she became socially withdrawn.

Her way of making meaning, her way of, if you think about physical movements as actions, she made different meaning of those actions and she experienced trauma where she didn't before. Now, if you're somebody who believes that there's an objective world out there where, you know,

Her way of making meaning, her way of, if you think about physical movements as actions, she made different meaning of those actions and she experienced trauma where she didn't before. Now, if you're somebody who believes that there's an objective world out there where, you know,

Yeah, that really there was some kind of latent trauma in her and she didn't experience it before, but then it was like triggered. You could tell a whole story like that, and people do tell whole stories like that. But that's not what the best scientific evidence suggests is happening. What's happening is that the physical movements were the same,

Yeah, that really there was some kind of latent trauma in her and she didn't experience it before, but then it was like triggered. You could tell a whole story like that, and people do tell whole stories like that. But that's not what the best scientific evidence suggests is happening. What's happening is that the physical movements were the same,

The psychological experience of those movements was different because experience is a combination of the sensory present, the physical present, and the remembered past. And you need both in order to have a particular kind of experience. So the way to describe what happened to Maria's trajectory was that she experienced something as an unfortunate aspect of like physical life

The psychological experience of those movements was different because experience is a combination of the sensory present, the physical present, and the remembered past. And you need both in order to have a particular kind of experience. So the way to describe what happened to Maria's trajectory was that she experienced something as an unfortunate aspect of like physical life

And then it became about her. It became something... Not this person was doing something bad, but this person was doing something bad to her because of who she is.

And then it became about her. It became something... Not this person was doing something bad, but this person was doing something bad to her because of who she is.

Right. So it became about her as a person, not just about, you know, her stepfather was an asshole. And... If you think about it, what we do in this culture when people go into therapy for trauma, right, is we're attempting to actually reverse the narrative. So we try to teach people that when something traumatic happens to them, and I want to be really clear what I'm saying, right?

Right. So it became about her as a person, not just about, you know, her stepfather was an asshole. And... If you think about it, what we do in this culture when people go into therapy for trauma, right, is we're attempting to actually reverse the narrative. So we try to teach people that when something traumatic happens to them, and I want to be really clear what I'm saying, right?

I'm not saying that when people experience trauma, it's their fault. I'm not in any way saying they're culpable for what's happened to them. But sometimes in life, you are responsible for changing something, not because you're to blame, but because you're the only person who can. The responsibility falls to you.

I'm not saying that when people experience trauma, it's their fault. I'm not in any way saying they're culpable for what's happened to them. But sometimes in life, you are responsible for changing something, not because you're to blame, but because you're the only person who can. The responsibility falls to you.

And so in this culture, we try to teach people who've experienced trauma that they can experience those physical events that happened to them in the past in some other way. And when they do, they no longer feel traumatized anymore.

And so in this culture, we try to teach people who've experienced trauma that they can experience those physical events that happened to them in the past in some other way. And when they do, they no longer feel traumatized anymore.

That's called cultural inheritance.

That's called cultural inheritance.

So it turns out that, you know, there's one kind of old evolutionary theory, right? This is called the modern synthesis, where inheritance is really your genes. Whatever you inherit, you inherit by your genes. And then natural selection, you know, chooses some gene patterns and not others. And that's really how inheritance works across generations. Most evolutionary biologists don't.

So it turns out that, you know, there's one kind of old evolutionary theory, right? This is called the modern synthesis, where inheritance is really your genes. Whatever you inherit, you inherit by your genes. And then natural selection, you know, chooses some gene patterns and not others. And that's really how inheritance works across generations. Most evolutionary biologists don't.