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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
5 reviews
emmawall's review against another edition
5.0
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
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- There exists a state of perfect health which is possible for humans to achieve;
- Achieving this state is both possible and essential for every human being;
- Therefore, the ultimate goal (or one of the ultimate goals) of every human being should be to work to achieve this state.
To be fair, Gabor is a doctor and likely doesn’t realize he is making those assumptions. These are underlying assumptions of our society as well – just look at any health, diet, or weight loss claim. Once you know to look for them, you’ll see these assumptions everywhere. So I don’t really blame Gabor for writing from that perspective. It’s great that he’s on board with the growing body of evidence about trauma’s effects on physical health. I think he just didn’t go far enough in the “challenging society’s assumptions about health” aspect.
Moderate: Abandonment, Chronic illness, Rape, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Terminal illness, and Incest
Minor: War
faduma's review against another edition
4.0
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
4.75
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
rly's review against another edition
4.25
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