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

6 reviews

toephia's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

Informative, dense, and to-the-point; addresses trauma’s impact on the individual body + the collective; analysis of current Western medical practices; discussion of society and capitalism as source of mass trauma. Empowering and compassionate read. HIGHLY RECOMMEND! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Self harm, Medical content, Pregnancy, Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug abuse, Racism, and Panic attacks/disorders

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

saaaam_j's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This book was very informative and eye-opening to the ways that trauma impacts how we live our lives and the ways that our current society impacts our wellbeing. 

While there is a lot of great information, I felt that some of the concepts were repetitive and could have been shortened a bit to make the book more accessible for more people to read (and be less of a daunting read). However, I feel that you can pick and choose certain chapters if you wish to focus in.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

rly's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug use, War, Violence, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Racism, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia