The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really “normal” when it comes to health?Over four decades of clinical experience, Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of “normal” as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today’s culture stresses the body, burdens the immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of society—and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Co-written with his son Daniel, The Myth of Normal is Maté’s most ambitious and urgent book yet.

Belvedere di Fai

 

km 13 - dislivello 1220 m
Ale

Monte Cola

La dorsale del Cola verso Hoabonti e val d'Ilba

In vetta

Inzia la discesa in val Larga

Monte Cola - MS - dislivello 830 m - Lagorai occidentale
Ale&Valentino

Cros dei Francesi

 

dislivello 600 m
Ale

Without mercy

As Detective Superintendent Hannah Bernstein of Special Branch lies recuperating in the hospital, an enigmatic shadow from the past, burning with hatred, steals into her room and finishes the job. Consumed by grief and rage, Dillon, Blake Johnson, and all who loved Hannah swear vengeance, no matter where it takes them. But they have no idea of the searing journey upon which they are about to embark--or of the bloody war into which they are about to charge.

Val Manara

 

km 9 - dislivello 800 m
Ale

Giro del monte Rosa

 

km 10 - dislivello 450 m
Ale&Erika