Invisible Machine

<b>PenCraft Book Awards 2023 Non-Fiction Runner Up</b> <p/><b>The world has long misunderstood trauma. Now leading experts in the field have a radical new understanding of post-traumatic stress . . . and a surprising new treatment to reverse it could have profound implications for medicine mental health and society.</b> <p/>Despite its prevalence post-traumatic stress PTSD is often seen as an unbeatable lifelong mental disorder. However top trauma doctors and neuroscientists now understand that the result of trauma is not a disorder but rather a <i>physical injury</i>--and while invisible to the naked eye the posttraumatic stress injury (PTSI) can now be seen on a scan. Most importantly the effects of PTSI are <i>reversible</i>. <p/>Meet Dr. Eugene Lipov. His research and partnerships have led to an amazing discovery that all trauma has at its root a single piece of human hardware: the sympathetic nervous system controlling the fight-or-flight response. Anyone who has endured trauma including long-term microdoses of emotional stress can have this injury. Dr. Lipov has pioneered a safe 15-minute procedure that reverses the injury relieving mild to extreme symptoms of PTSI--irritability hypervigilance anxiety insomnia and more--for survivors to combat soldiers to the everyday person. <p/>Weaving hard science with moving human stories <i>The Invisible Machine </i>reveals how this treatment was developed. It also tells the incredible story of the unlikely team including the doctor an artist Special Forces leadership and a sheriff who are working together to change our understanding of post-traumatic stress and why it matters to society. <p/>Coauthored by artist and innovator Jamie Mustard and in collaboration with writer Holly Lorincz <i>The Invisible Machine </i>weaves hard science with moving stories of warriors prisoners and ordinary people to provide a stark new understanding of the human condition. The implications for a better pain-free world are astounding--and that world could be nearer than we think.