Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté

5 reviews

noonanjohnc's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Cancer, Deportation, Infertility, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Ableism, Medical content, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Addiction, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Confinement

sareeta's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

This is a good introduction to trauma and its impact as well as how to manage it. I didn’t find it particularly new, or a breakthrough in any way. A much easier read than The Body Keeps the Score but still took me a year to read because the content can be tough. I liked reading about psilocybin and the sections on healing, but I also am critical of some of the discussion on neurodivergence and I think Maté is just a little close to blaming people for their health issues. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Death and Drug use

Minor: Ableism

There is some content about how certain practices have “healed” people from ADHD.

emmawall's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Death, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Chronic illness, Grief, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and War

faduma's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Abandonment, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Homophobia, Medical content, Pedophilia, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

meganpbell's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

A must read for fans of The Body Keeps the Score and anyone interested in the science and literature of trauma (should be us all!), The Myth of Normal is a moving, groundbreaking, and holistic exploration of just how sick “normal” is, the connection between the mind, personality, experiences, culture and the body, and ways to move forward and heal. I wish it was even more inclusive than it was, but I found it eye-opening, affirming, and crucial.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Addiction, Death, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Genocide, Medical trauma, War, Pregnancy, Racism, and Terminal illness