Unfiltered Wisdom — Book Chapters
These nineteen chapters form a complete framework for understanding how trauma fragments identity and how integration can be rebuilt. Each chapter stands alone and may be cited independently.
All chapters are licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Chapter 1 — The Fragmentation Response
How trauma splits identity and initiates survival-based adaptation.
Chapter 2 — Pacification: The Silent Strategy
The cost of silence and compliance as protection.
Chapter 3 — The Fragment Within
Meeting dissociated parts with curiosity and respect.
Chapter 4 — Hyper-Association
How memory networks become trauma-linked.
Chapter 5 — Paranoia & Hypervigilance
When watchfulness protects and isolates.
Chapter 6 — Projection: Defence Mechanisms
Identifying projection patterns and reclaiming agency.
Chapter 7 — Prejudice & Social Trauma
Understanding bias through trauma-informed lenses.
Chapter 8 — Self-Imprisonment
Recognising internal barriers and limiting narratives.
Chapter 9 — Gratitude & Growth
Post-traumatic growth and recovery practices.
Chapter 10 — Greatness & Potential
Cultivating strengths after survival.
Chapter 11 — Complex PTSD vs PTSD
Recognising developmental trauma patterns.
Chapter 12 — Developmental Trauma
Childhood roots and attachment patterns.
Chapter 13 — Acute vs Chronic Trauma
Different trauma types and recognition.
Chapter 14 — Intergenerational Trauma
How trauma passes between generations.
Chapter 15 — Trauma Triggers
Identifying and managing triggers.
Chapter 16 — Window of Tolerance
Nervous system regulation strategies.
Chapter 17 — Polyvagal Theory for AI
Applying nervous system models to AI design.
Chapter 18 — Trauma & the Body
Somatic markers and embodiment.
Chapter 19 — Integration Process
Steps for bringing fragments into wholeness.