{"id":297,"date":"2025-08-20T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T22:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/blogs\/?p=297"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:01:43","slug":"books-about-past-trauma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/blogs\/books-about-past-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering Reads for Healing: Books About Past Trauma And Healing From It"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"297\" class=\"elementor elementor-297\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3416cbb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3416cbb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-247337a elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"247337a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-between\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><p class=\"mb-3\">People who have past trauma find it difficult to let go of many of the memories that hold them back. The fact is it tends to play a major role in the development of the brain, and as such, many adults are unable to let go of the bad memories that hold them back from mental growth and finding peace in adulthood. As a result, many\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">books about past trauma<\/a>\u00a0have been written, and they provide the solution to healing from it. There is a great deal of information out there that seeks to alleviate the stress that people feel from past trauma and trying to get over it. Past trauma is a horrible thing, and it can truly make it difficult for someone to live a fulfilling life full of happiness and contentment.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h2 class=\"mb-3\"><strong>Where Does The Trauma Come From?<\/strong><\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"mb-3\">For many people, the trauma often starts in childhood from their parents. Usually, childhood neglect, abuse both physical or emotional, can lead to the development of thought patterns that can negatively impact the adult life of a person as the scars from childhood never truly fade away, and they play a large role in making people feel inadequate as they grow older and discover the world around them. Childhood trauma is a very serious thing to consider and can cause a great deal of problems for many different people. Many books about past trauma seek to provide you with a healthier outlook on life and a solution to many of your life&#8217;s problems.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h2 class=\"mb-3\">Top Books About Past Trauma And Healing From It<\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-320 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/books-about-past-trauma-book.jpg\" alt=\"books about past trauma\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/books-about-past-trauma-book.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/books-about-past-trauma-book-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><p class=\"mb-3\">We&#8217;re going to be taking a look at the top books on past trauma, and how people heal from it, much of it is written to be as informative and detailed as possible so that sufferers of past trauma are able to gain some form of relief.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">1. The Realtor By Dawn Banksy<\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"mb-3\">This biography is a book about a woman who suffered from narcissistic abuse as a child and faced many challenges relating to her past trauma as an adult when she worked in the real estate industry.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">2. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma By Bessel Van der Kolk<\/h3><p>\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"mb-3\">This book talks about how the body is greatly affected by mental trauma and how much the brain literally reshapes itself when it faces trauma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">3. What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing By Oprah Winfrey<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This book, written By Oprah Winfrey, deals with childhood trauma and how it completely shapes people&#8217;s personalities as they grow older.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">4. It Didn&#8217;t Start with You: How Inherited\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0DK5XLFCS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Trauma<\/a>\u00a0Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle By Mark Wolynn<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This is a book that explains how inherited family trauma leads to people developing mental health problems and causes them to have issues with relationships, work, and generally in living a healthy, productive life. The book seeks to provide a solution to the problems of inherited familial trauma.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">5. Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body By Peter A. Levine<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This is a book that seeks to provide a pioneering program for people to rebound people from trauma and get back into a state that allows them to live without anxiety and fear.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">6. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma By Peter A. Levine<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This is a book that tries to explain the different symptoms of trauma as well as the various steps that are taken to heal them. This book takes readers on a journey across the different impulses that govern the body&#8217;s responses to overwhelming life events.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">7. Codependent No More By Melody Beattie<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This book seeks to unravel what it means to be a codependent. Codependency is a serious attachment disorder in which people tend to forget themselves when they get into a relationship, and this leads to them sacrificing much of themselves for their partners. They also become controlling because their entire world revolves around their partner.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">8. How to Heal Your Inner Child: Overcome Past\u00a0Trauma and Childhood\u00a0Emotional Neglect By Simon Chapple<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This book looks at the various different aspects that shape an adult. It proposes the idea that many bad traits emerge from a wounded &#8216;inner child&#8217; that stems from a bad<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawnbanksystorytelling.com\/learning-from-trauma.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> childhood, one of emotional trauma<\/a> and abuse. This book thus seeks to provide the reader with the advice needed to heal and move on from the past so that they may grow as individuals.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">9. When You&#8217;re Ready, This Is How You Heal By Brianna West<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This book talks about healing from past trauma, moving from the past, and embracing yourself as the main priority in your own life&#8217;s journey. The book looks at the fact that the only person that should matter to someone is themselves at the end of the day and that one should stop trying to engage with people who don&#8217;t respect them or treat them right.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">10. Toxic Parents By Susan Forward<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This book seeks to help people move on from the past abuse that they faced from their toxic parents to embrace true inner confidence, inner strength as well as emotional independence.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><h3 class=\"mb-3\">Conclusion<\/h3><p class=\"mb-3\">This blog should serve as a guide to help you pick out the best books needed to help you heal from your past, move on, and thrive as a strong and emotionally independent individual. Every book recommended seeks to alleviate the traumas, the pain, and the discomfort of the past to open one&#8217;s heart and soul to a positive and fruitful feature. Books about past trauma can help you find a sense of focus and direction when everything feels like it&#8217;s going nowhere.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who have past trauma find it difficult to let go of many of the memories that hold them back. 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