The Myth of Normal
Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Maté's synthesis: what we call normal in a stressful, disconnected culture is quietly making us sick, and healing begins by naming that.
Maté’s most ambitious book widens the lens from the individual to the culture that shapes them. He argues that much of what we call disease, from autoimmune conditions to addiction and depression, is a predictable response to a society that severs people from their needs, their feelings, and each other. Written with his son Daniel, it reframes healing as reconnection rather than repair, and asks what a genuinely health-promoting culture would look like.
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