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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.
FEATURED REVIEW
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE — BESSEL VAN DER KOLK
How trauma culture transformed speculative neuroscience into modern psychological truth.
LOST CONNECTIONS — JOHANN HARI
How modern culture mistakes emotionally comforting explanations for scientific truth.
IN THE REALM OF HUNGRY GHOSTS — GABOR MATÉ
How trauma became the explanation for everything.
THE SECRET — RHONDA BYRNE
How wishful thinking borrowed the language of science.
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