2 Books Set by Dr Gabor Maté [The Myth of Normal \u0026 When The Body Says No] by Gabor Maté

2 Books Set by Dr Gabor Maté [The Myth of Normal \u0026 When The Body Says No] Reviews

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  Brittney

  While I do recommend this book, it is light in sharing research. Conclusions are reached in some aspects that had me skeptical with some creative license by the author. I personally do believe stress harms the body and breaks down systems creating disease processes but I want the evidence to clarify my belief to understand the mechanism for it. Belief is a starting point but without substantial evidence I remain skeptical that other confounding factors might be the reason.
  
  There were references to some interesting studies regarding physicians only having access to psychosocial questionnaire answers and predicting breast cancer in 97% of cases in Germany and US. In addition an interesting study that ALS patients are subjectively nice and providers in clinics could predict before test completion that someone wasn’t nice enough to have ALS and had to have a different neurological reason to explain their neuro deficits.
  
  Overall I recommend it but keep asking questions and remain skeptical of what the author wrote.
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  auxesis

  This book, while developing on some interesting ideas, tends to be a “trauma is the answer!” regardless of the problems it raises. It’s also very limited in its sample size (largely Western world, empirical study cases rather than sustained research). The ideas, while they might be valuable in principle suffer from the “guru” effect that likes to obsessively preach and borderline just likes the sound of his own voice and arguments. And specifically because this is an interesting field of research it sometimes can be problematic to turn it into an obnoxious read.
  
  Overall, has reasonable ideas worth exploring (and thorough research) but suffers from its own popularity and “when you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail” problem.
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  Aliza Martinez

  The topic of emotions and health is my bread and butter. I gravitated towards this book mainly because I want to learn more about how the body forms diseases. Is it from our genes, lifestyle, diet, environment or all of the above? This book definitely helped me understand how stress impacts disease and what those symptoms can look like. I give it 3 stars mainly because I needed to skim through some of it because of the jargon. I did get a lot of value from this book. I recommend reading this only if you can look beyond the fluff of reading each patient story and find the nuggets of analogies for stress manifestation and management.
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  Cathy Mendenhall

  I could not finish, and not because it is bad, but because it is not my type of book. The author likes to explain an idea through characters that he has interacted with in his career as a physician. Instead of ever explaining ANYTHING, he basically is just trying to link bad experiences to bad health outcomes. Perhaps at the end he pulls out any data that supports his idea, but I couldn't sit through the 13 hour audiobook about another case study to find out.
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  SandraViz

  I read the book over a year ago but I do remember that I didn’t like it very much. The reason it’s only showing the negative possible traumatic reasons for serious illnesses like cancer. Even though it might be important to start explaining those I missed possible ways to improve their lives or even heal. A lot of the people in his stories just died after suffering 🥲
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  Emily Morter

  Interesting and alternative theories but doesn’t really match a neuroscientific or traditional therapeutic approach.
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  Chajua

  Not what I thought it would be. More questions than answers...
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  Beth

  An interesting perspective on how our personality, trauma, and childhood shape our susceptibility to illnesses.
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  M.C. Paas

  Must read for everyone wanting to live healthily for the rest of their lives.
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  Faye Abdel

  If you’re into the mind-body connection, want to boost your self-awareness, or, like me, love exploring the link between stress and illness, this book is for you.
  
  “When the Body Says No” - mixes solid research with heartfelt stories, digging into how stress and emotions affect our health.
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  Mari

  Olen alati püüdnud terviseküsimustes leida tõde ida ja lääne meditsiini vahelt. Gabor on doktor, kes on osanud samuti allasurutud emotsioone jm seostada kindlate haigustega. Lõpuks ometi on sild kahe maailma vahele loodud. 🙃 Parim mõte siit raamatust: HAIGUS JUTUSTAB AJALUGU (seda, mis kunagi juhtus)