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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
De vez en cuando leo no ficción y este es uno que todos deberían leer.
Such a labor of love read- took forever to get through, but mostly because I couldn’t stop marking pages and highlighting. Has been really helpful with clients and shook my world view around auto immune and mental health connection. This is almost what I wish The Body Keeps the Score was in some ways. Phenomenal and should be on every therapy bookshelf.
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced
Like many others I would have appreciated fewer anecdotes and more emphasis on strategies for cultivating resilience and healing.
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Ive read a LOT of books about trauma and mental health and i think this one is the most compelling (and approachable). It doesnt go into too much detail about people’s specific traumas which I appreciate.m (its crazy how many books about trauma are not written from a trauma informed perspective). The author is both scientific and humane/ personal in his approach, which is something, from my experience, a lot of doctors dont know how to do. its pretty compelling. i think every teacher and politician and parent and anyone really should be required to have an understanding of how pervasive trauma is in our culture. i like that he acknowledges the impacts of capitalism and colonization too and the larger social forces and doesn’t just make it all about personal pathology.
I'm very glad I read this book in it's entirety and gave myself time to absorb the many nuances that Gabor Maté offers in it. I wasn't a bit fan of the clips I'd seen of Maté online, but several friends with good taste had liked his book, so I wanted to give it a try and I'm really I did. The book is extensive and explores many aspects of illness, trauma and culture. He provides references to a breadth of high quality research in a variety of relevant fields that span quite a gamut of expertise, which is refreshing. Maté himself offers his own experience and expertise in the book as well, revealing a depth of vulnerability not common in books of this sort that I've read. What I liked most about this book versus what I've seen of Maté online, is that it really goes into the complexities and nuances of trauma and disease. Don't be turned off by the length of this book, it's long for a reason and very few words are wasted.
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
WHEW we finally finished this bad boy!! This was a really interesting read about the intersection of mental and physical health but she was l o n g. I loved Mate’s voice and enjoyed his narration of the audiobook, I think I just got a bit tired of the material (doesn’t help that I’m in mental health grad school and seeing clients). Learned a lot and enjoyed the ride but was a little burnt by the end.
This book utterly changed how I see the world.
As someone with chronic pain, who’s struggled with both their pain, mental and physical, as well as with the felt trauma of a childhood that I felt sure no one (especially myself) could call traumatic, it has altered completely how I see my own circumstances and the world.
I wish I could convince every person in education, medicine, every parent, and every other person with power to read this book.
As someone with chronic pain, who’s struggled with both their pain, mental and physical, as well as with the felt trauma of a childhood that I felt sure no one (especially myself) could call traumatic, it has altered completely how I see my own circumstances and the world.
I wish I could convince every person in education, medicine, every parent, and every other person with power to read this book.