Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté

2 reviews

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Classism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Genocide, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Gun violence, Medical content, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

cameliam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Dr. Gabor Maté expresses courageously the truths of the addicted person. Moving us away from our view of the addict only as someone living on the streets, addicted to the most illegal of drugs, to addressing the addicted personality that blends into what we call our «productive » society. Knowing we can only heal by addressing the route causes of the addicted brain: how it was not allowed to properly form during childhood.  This book teaches us that through compassionate and curious approaches only will we be able to soften the grips of addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence