Even though I'm a straight, jock-looking type dude, a few years ago I started shifting my focus from masculine to more and more feminine literature (I speculated then that the center for healing was more in the feminine and not the masculine, although the noble masculine has equally positive traits as well). Btw, top recommendation is Here All Dwell Free by Gertrude Mueller Nelson. Unbelievably insightful.
In a book about psychedelics I read last year, the author pointed out (loosely quoted), "Your body knows how to heal. If you cut your finger, you don't have figure out how to heal it. It'll heal itself. Although sometimes, if the cut is bad enough, you may need to help it some. But it's silly to think it doesn't know how."
Shortly after reading that, I came to the conclusion we were talking about above, among other things. The mind is obviously a part of the body. And yes, so many of my/our actions are trauma responses. But even those, if you take a minute to look closely at them, are the body trying to heal; trying to tell you the help it needs from you TO heal. And ever since I started taking those House/VforVendetta/etc. hints seriously, god damn did life start to improve. Even before I had a diagnosis. I'd say it give me the wiggle room to actually start the real healing.
So glad I could help!