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1.39k reviews for:
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Daniel Maté, Gabor Maté
4.2 AVERAGE
1.39k reviews for:
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Daniel Maté, Gabor Maté
4.2 AVERAGE
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Repetitief en vol (voor mij dan) open deuren. Het woud aan case studies hielp ook niet mee. Veel meer dan nodig om een punt te maken, en werd daardoor vaak ook snel saai. Ik werd er ook pessimistisch van en miste een soort ommezwaai aan het einde. Het bleef teveel een verhandeling over wat er allemaal mis is.
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I have been a fan of Mate’s previous work, but this one was quite speculative in nature, delving into opinions and agendas.
I once read a title on the "twin tyrannies of responsibility and compassion" (as it pertains to Jordan Peterson and Gabor Maté's work and theories respectively), and I generally agree with it.
As such, Maté strikes me as left-wing Jordan Peterson. Very unbalanced, veers far too much into "everything is trauma", everything is external, doom and gloom, without any balance. I found his ascription of very real physical diseases, like cancer, almost *purely* to mental causes, deeply concerning.
I really only solely enjoyed his chapters titled "Four A's and Five Compassions" and "Before the Body Says No" which detailed some practical advice on intuition, feeling and listening to one's own emotions, the practice of saying no, and general assertiveness skills.
As such, Maté strikes me as left-wing Jordan Peterson. Very unbalanced, veers far too much into "everything is trauma", everything is external, doom and gloom, without any balance. I found his ascription of very real physical diseases, like cancer, almost *purely* to mental causes, deeply concerning.
I really only solely enjoyed his chapters titled "Four A's and Five Compassions" and "Before the Body Says No" which detailed some practical advice on intuition, feeling and listening to one's own emotions, the practice of saying no, and general assertiveness skills.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
slow-paced
medium-paced
Definitely more interested in the first half than the second; wish I’d read this three months ago.
Did not love the narrator’s choice to do accents/voices.
Did not love the narrator’s choice to do accents/voices.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced