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Bessel Van der Kolk, M.D.

The author of this book, this person grew up in postwar Holland and became interested in medicine at the age of 14. This person has an impressive resume, having worked in a variety of psychiatric environments since the 1960s. For decades, this person's primary focus has been on helping those affected by past trauma to free themselves from the shackles of traumatic events in their pasts.

Tom

This person was one of the first veterans for whom the writer provided psychiatric care. This person fought in the Vietnam War and saw his good friend shot to death right in front of him during an attack that killed the majority of the men in this person's platoon. This person then engaged in acts of revenge, such as killing a Vietnamese child and raping a Vietnamese woman. When the writer suggested that this person take a...

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