Matt Haag
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The Age of Diagnosis
- How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker
- By: Suzanne O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Suzanne O'Sullivan
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
We live in an age of diagnosis. Conditions like ADHD and autism are on the rapid rise, while new categories like long Covid are being created. Medical terms are increasingly used to describe ordinary human experiences, and the advance of sophisticated genetic sequencing techniques means that even the healthiest of us may soon be screened for potential abnormalities. More people are labeled "sick" than ever before—but are these diagnoses improving their lives?
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5 out of 5 stars
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empathy masterclass
- By Samanda on 05-28-25
- The Age of Diagnosis
- How Our Obsession with Medical Labels Is Making Us Sicker
- By: Suzanne O'Sullivan
- Narrated by: Suzanne O'Sullivan
The book we need right now
Reviewed: 05-22-25
Well researched, persuasive, and nuanced book that calls out major issues with our current model of medicine. The author does a great job demonstrating where diagnosis can create more harms than solutions. She persuasively describes the incentives both personally and in the medical community to seek and/or quickly provide a diagnosis. But also the trend and incentives for both increasingly sensitive diagnostic testing and diagnosis creep, medicalizing milder symptoms so that they qualify as a diagnosis they did not before. Identifying with a diagnosis then can lead to a "nocebo" effect where are person takes on more typical symptoms and attribute more bodily or mental issues to the condition that they are often told is genetic and permanent, rather than potentially psychosomatic and temporary.
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The Psilocybin Handbook for Women
- How Magic Mushrooms, Psychedelic Therapy, and Microdosing Can Benefit Your Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health
- By: Jennifer Chesak
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
If you're looking for mushroom mansplaining, you've come to the wrong book. The Psilocybin Handbook for Women is a resource for everyone, although it features information specific to those assigned female at birth-because psychedelics may have different effects and applications across the sexes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well researched and a great listen
- By Matt Haag on 08-21-24
- The Psilocybin Handbook for Women
- How Magic Mushrooms, Psychedelic Therapy, and Microdosing Can Benefit Your Mental, Physical, and Spiritual Health
- By: Jennifer Chesak
- Narrated by: Rachel Perry
Well researched and a great listen
Reviewed: 08-21-24
Excellent research and valuable perspective for any reader interested in the subject. It also is very enjoyable to read and listen to.
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The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12,605
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10,643
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10,552
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent more than three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall Worthwhile, Lingers Too Long in the Why
- By LittleBeadsOfMercury on 04-07-21
- The Body Keeps the Score
- Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- By: Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
The Gold Standard for Understanding Mental Health and Trauma
Reviewed: 02-26-24
Truly amazing and inspiring summary of decades of practice and research. An illuminating history of how our current mental health paradigm was created with valid critiques and criticisms, as well as a wonderful research on better ways forward. A masterpiece on trauma and mental health.
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Trauma Recovery Through Psychedelic Experiences
- A Guide to Understanding and Safely Using MDMA, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Ayahuasca, Cannabis, LSD, DMT and More! For Addiction, Depression, PTSD & OCD
- By: Roy Clark
- Narrated by: Dan Levy
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 49
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Story5 out of 5 stars 49
Ready to move forward with your life and make meaningful changes, but you are regularly held back by mental health and/or trauma from your past? Unresolved trauma can cause a number of mental health conditions, but this doesn’t have to be the way life defines you forever. You deserve better!
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2 out of 5 stars
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Okay overview, but there are much better resources
- By Matt Haag on 07-19-23
- Trauma Recovery Through Psychedelic Experiences
- A Guide to Understanding and Safely Using MDMA, Psilocybin Mushrooms, Ayahuasca, Cannabis, LSD, DMT and More! For Addiction, Depression, PTSD & OCD
- By: Roy Clark
- Narrated by: Dan Levy
Okay overview, but there are much better resources
Reviewed: 07-19-23
The book provided a decent overview, but included both inaccurate or incomplete information about some substances (such as the difference between N-N-DMT and 5MEO-DMT) and did not include much information at all about the pitfalls, side effects and dangers of substances such as MDMA, Iboga, and ayahuasca. I say this as and advocate for psychedelic therapy.
The book repeatedly states the importance of accurate information, but seemed to me to fall short in that regard.
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When the Body Says No
- The Cost of Hidden Stress
- By: Gabor Maté MD
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,127
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 950
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Story5 out of 5 stars 941
In this accessible and groundbreaking book—filled with the moving stories of real people—medical doctor and bestselling author Gabor Maté shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and many others. An international bestseller translated into over thirty languages, When the Body Says No promotes learning and healing, providing transformative insights into how illness can be the body's way of saying no to what the mind cannot or will not acknowledge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A must read for anyone, ill or not
- By herozero on 09-28-21
- When the Body Says No
- The Cost of Hidden Stress
- By: Gabor Maté MD
- Narrated by: Daniel Maté
Amazing book!
Reviewed: 07-29-21
The best written and researched book I have found on the mind-body connection in relation to disease. I have multiple autoimmune conditions and have been reading and learning all I can for many years, I can’t recommend it high enough.
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