Critical Reads

BOOKS WORTH QUESTIONING

Some books shape culture.

Some books shape entire systems.

And some become so popular that people stop questioning whether the evidence behind them is actually that strong.

This section examines influential books connected to mental health, trauma, recovery, self-help culture, addiction, institutional systems, identity, power, and human behavior — not as academic reviews, but through the lens of real-world experience.

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE — BESSEL VAN DER KOLK

How trauma culture transformed speculative neuroscience into modern psychological truth.

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