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Books like The Myth of Normal

The Myth of Normal by Gabor Maté is about trauma, mental health, culture and illness. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. The Body Keeps the Score
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    The Body Keeps the Score

    Bessel van der Kolk · Psychology

    The Body Keeps the Score is Bessel van der Kolk's account of four decades spent studying and treating trauma, from Vietnam veterans at the VA in the 1970s to survivors of childhood abuse, accidents, and domestic violence.

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  2. When the Body Says No
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    When the Body Says No

    Gabor Maté · Health

    When the Body Says No is Gabor Maté's investigation into how chronic stress and emotional suppression contribute to serious illness.

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  3. In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
    In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

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    In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

    Gabor Maté · Health

    In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts is Gabor Maté's book about addiction, written while he was working as a physician in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, one of North America's most concentrated pockets of poverty, drug use, and homelessness.

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  4. Lost Connections
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    Lost Connections

    Johann Hari · Health

    Lost Connections is Johann Hari's argument that depression and anxiety are not primarily chemical imbalances in the brain but responses to social and environmental conditions — disconnection from meaningful work, close relationships, the natural world, a secure future, and status that feels deserved.

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  5. The Anxious Generation
    The Anxious Generation

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    The Anxious Generation

    Jonathan Haidt · Psychology

    The Anxious Generation is Jonathan Haidt's argument that a phone-based childhood — shaped above all by smartphones and social media arriving in the early 2010s — has caused a serious and measurable deterioration in the mental health of adolescents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

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  6. 80/20 Running
    80/20 Running

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    80/20 Running

    Matt Fitzgerald · Health

    80/20 Running is Matt Fitzgerald's evidence-based argument that the most common mistake recreational runners make is training too hard, too often.

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