Images of Zelenskyy show the physical toll that trauma and stress can have on the body

Images of Zelenskyy show the physical toll that trauma and stress can have on the body Enlarge this image toggle caption Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images; Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy toured the devastation in Bucha this month — where bodies of civilians lay in the street and buildings were destroyed — his haunted face seemed to show the toll of Russia's war in Ukraine. "The thing to understand about trauma and the body is that stress responses kind of hijack every otherwise 'normal' function of our body," he says. toggle caption Alexander Gardner/Hulton Archive/Getty Images "Lincoln faced almost unfathomable pressure during his presidency," White says. "Over time, it's as if our actual personality or values systems get replaced by trauma responses, which can make living a life and having relationships almost impossible," Doyle says.