Posted on May 22, 2021
How Weight Lifting Helped One Writer Work Through Her PTSD
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel "When I was living with trauma, I was using [training] as a coping skill but in a non-healthy way. I was training all the time like I was preparing for battle because I wanted to be invincible against an invisible threat," Khoudari recalls".
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel True Chip... "Khoudari's theory is that this embodied approach to weight lifting can help those living with PTSD cultivate a sense of safety in their own bodies. Strength training can also provide certain direct physical benefits: building muscle is associated with better sleep, for instance, and insomnia is a common trauma symptom, Khoudari notes.:
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