The myth of normal, p.60
The Myth of Normal, page 60
slavery, in United States, 36. See also race and racism
SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus), 70, 83, 330
“sleep-training,” for babies, 170–71
small-t trauma, 22–23
Smithers, David, 85, 93
Smithsonian magazine, 54
Snowden, Edward, 300
social character, 200–207, 403
social culture. See also capitalism and corporate capitalism; disconnection of society; gender gap; otherism; political culture; popular culture
acculturation and, 6–8
background, 3–6
character-building, 197–207
child development and, 126, 128, 134–35, 175–78, 179–81, 183, 187–88, 193–96
educational priorities, 193–96
pregnancy environment and, 140–41, 144–45
spiritual disconnection of, 467–68
trauma-conscious society development, 486–94
social dislocation, 288–90
social gradient, 327–28
socialization mode of parenting, 162–63
social media, 189, 344
socioeconomic status and social stratification
addiction and, 222–23
childbirth and, 157–58
epigenetics and, 59–60, 64–65, 66–67
health impacts of, 319–20, 324–28
intersectionality of, 313
parenting and, 172–74
pregnancy environment and, 143–44
sociogenic brain damage, 326
Socrates, 35–36
Solnit, Rebecca, 273
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 395
“Song of Myself” (Whitman), 52
Sontag, Susan, 97–98, 110–12
spirituality. See touching spirit
spiritual openings, 466–71. See also touching spirit
Spock, Benjamin, 162–63
spontaneous remission, 398–99, 402–3
Stanger-Ross, Ilana, 154, 155, 159
Sterne, Laurence, 136
steroids, 70
Stiglitz, Joseph E., 283–84
stress
ADHD and, 266
autoimmunity and, 74–84
as cancer “cause,” 92–94
of capitalism, 276–77, 278–82
child development and, 129–31, 133
epigenetics and, 62–66, 64n
forms of, 46–47, 64, 64n
interpersonal biology and, 56–57
machinery of, 46–49
mind-body unity and, 42–46
overview of, 275–76
parental, 171–74
self-harm adaptation to, 259–60
socioeconomic status and, 326
The Stress of Life (Selye), 96, 421
Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN), 66
substance use. See addiction
sugar, 299, 301–2
Sumrok, Dan, 229
superautonomous self-sufficiency, 38–39, 40
suppression and denial, 27–28, 100–102, 441–46
survival instinct, 27–28
Swan, Shanna, 144
The Sweet Hereafter (Banks), 160
Swingle, Mari, 191–92
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 70, 83, 330
systemic sclerosis, 68–71, 73, 76
Szalavitz, Maia, 128, 224
Szyf, Moshe, 62–63, 65, 66–67
T
Tailfeathers, Esther, 323–24
Tapia, Nneka Jones, 490
The Tech Solution (Kang), 190–91
telomeres, 59–67, 142
Temoshok, Lydia, 99, 99n, 104–5
Temple of the Way of Light, 447–54
“the Sixties Scoop,” 321–22
Thich Nhat Hanh, 58
Thistle, Jesse, 217, 385, 439–40, 490
Thomas, April, 65
365 Days (film), 336
Thunberg, Greta, 308, 492, 495
Tide soap commercials, 204–5
tobacco industry, 305–6
tolerance-acceptance comparison, 381
Tolle, Eckhart, 466
Too Much and Never Enough (Trump), 350
Toronto Star, 284, 348
Touched with Fire (Jamison), 237–38
touching spirit, 463–80
author communing with, 454, 462, 463–66
Indigenous cultures and, 462, 467, 471–75
mythic thinking, 11n, 478–80
Nature and, 469–71, 473, 479
personal special truth and, 476–78
in prisons, 475–76
spiritual openings, 466–71
toxicities of culture, 3–5. See also capitalism and corporate capitalism; disconnection of society; gender gap; otherism; political culture; popular culture
toxic masculinity, 332–33, 341–42
traditional Chinese medicine, 98
tranquilizer dependence. See addiction
Trauma and Madness in Mental Health Services (Hunter), 256–57
trauma awareness
activism and advocacy for, 492–94
education system development of, 490–92
legal system development of, 489–90
society development of, 486–92
Western medicine development of, 487–89
trauma facets, 15–36
adaptations to, 23–24
addiction and, 221–23, 226–32
background, 15–19
collective sphere of trauma, 36
definitions, 16
disconnection and, 25–28, 32–34, 265–66
dissociation and, 263–64
of mental illness, 236, 236n, 248–49
mind-body unity and, 49–51
multigenerational, 33–36, 320, 322
obstetrical trauma, 155–58
parenting and, 33–35
in political culture, 345–54
power as adaptation to, 269–70
present alienation, 32–33
response flexibility limited by, 29
self-harm as adaptation to, 259–60
shame-based view of self, 30–31, 34–35
social, 320, 322, 327–28
toxic masculinity, 341–42
types of, 21–24, 33–36
what it is and what it does, 19–24
what it is not, 24–25
world view distortion, 31–32
The Trauma of Everyday Life (Epstein), 15
trees, 53–54
Trudeau, Justin, 348–49
Trudeau, Pierre, 349
Trump, Donald J., 349–51, 352–53, 354
Trump, Fred, Jr., 350
Trump, Mary, 350
truth, 386–88, 476–78. See also suppression and denial
truthfulness. See attachment and authenticity
tuning out, 265
Turnbull, Colin, 173–74
Turner, Kelly, 377, 398, 403
Turner, Nina, 357
12 Rules for Life (Peterson), 163
twelve-step programs, 215–16, 229, 467
twin studies, 237–38, 237n
type 1 diabetes, 70, 72. See also diabetes
“type C” personality, 99, 104–5
U
UBS, 284
ulcerative colitis, 70
unions, 292–93
Unquiet Mind (Jamison), 237
uterine cancer, 404–5
V
V (formerly known as Eve Ensler), 25, 27, 85–87, 88, 471
vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC), 152
Vagina Monologues (V), 85
van der Kolk, Bessel
on author’s trauma, 370–71, 372
on character-building, 197
on ego, 53
on self-examination, 35–36
on trauma, 18, 21–22, 23, 35–36
on trauma-conscious society, 486–87
on Trump, 350
Van Derveer, Will, 488, 489
VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean section), 152
vegetalismo, 448
Verny, Thomas, 139
Vietnam War, 484
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Wollstonecraft), 336
Virchow, Rudolf, 324
Volkow, Nora, 214–15
Volz-Boers, Ursula, 140
vulnerability, 185–87, 272, 341–42
W
Wallace, David Foster, 7
Wall Street Journal, 309
war metaphors, 87–88, 160, 213
Watson, John, 467
Webb, Eboni, 320
Weinstein, Harvey, 469
Weiss, Soma, 44
Western medicine. See also addiction; mental illness and personality disorders
childbirth and, 146–58
emotion suppression during training, 94–95
pharmaceutical industry, 304–5, 493–94
trauma-conscious medicine, 487–89
Westover, Tara, 28
What Happened to You? (Perry), 487
When the Body Says No (Maté), 374, 410
Whitaker, Robert, 240–41
The White Tiger (Adiga), 275
Whitman, Walt, 52
wholeness pathways. See disease as a teacher; healing journey; normal, unmaking of; touching spirit
Wible, Pamela, 488, 489
Wilbourn, Asa J., 41
Wilkinson, Richard, 328
Williams, Robin, 260–62, 272
Williams, Venus, 68, 71
Winehouse, Amy, 356
Winfrey, Oprah, 357, 487
Winnicott, D. W., 23, 164
The Wire (TV series), 293
The Wisdom of Trauma (documentary), 487
Wittels Wachs, Stephanie, 227–28
Wohlleben, Peter, 54
Wolff, Michael, 343
Wollstonecraft, Mary, 336
Wolynn, Mark, 34
Woman Stands Shining, 472
World Health Organization, 157, 184
worthlessness stories, 419–20
Wurtzel, Elizabeth, 31, 246
Y
“yes,” 420–21
Z
Zmenak, Donna, 395–98, 399, 402
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About the Author
A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, and has coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages.
Daniel Maté is an acclaimed composer-lyricist who has received the Edward Kleban Prize for Lyrics, ASCAP’s Cole Porter Award, and a Jonathan Larson Foundation Grant. His musicals include The Longing and the Short of It, Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter, Middle School Mysteries, and a forthcoming adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter. He also runs a popular “mental chiropractic” service called Take A Walk With Daniel.
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