A review by fartwitch69
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté

slow-paced

3.25

This book is another "shocking that trauma affects the body" with anecdotes and minimal studies. Gabor Mate makes an argument for self compassion with his compassionate inquiry that I thought was a really good exercise. If this book was on my shelf, I'd reread only Chapter 30 for that reason. 

Otherwise, I wish there were more studies to support the evidence behind self compassion and perhaps more basic pathophysiology theories rather than purely anecdotal and reflective.