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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté
5 reviews
noonanjohnc's review against another edition
3.0
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
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
3littlewordz's review against another edition
3.75
At times the text felt unnecessarily wordy (and I’m all about being concise, especially in nonfiction). Also, some of the chapters in Part V didn’t translate well to the page for me because these exercises seem much better executed within the care of a professional (such as a therapist). But I can appreciate that he offers the exercises anyway since we sorely lack availability of mental health services, particularly in the US. I have a large amount of notes from this reading and plan to revisit several chapters and I continue to read and research trauma and how to reverse its effects. Overall, I think this book is a profound contribution to literature surrounding trauma and I’ve already recommended it to several people.
Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, Addiction, Xenophobia, Cancer, Racism, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism