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    When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
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    When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

    Written by Gabor Maté

    Narrated by Daniel Maté

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    About this audiobook

    When the Body Says No is an accessible and groundbreaking book — filled with the moving stories of real people — medical doctor and bestselling author of Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté, shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness.

    Western medicine achieves spectacular triumphs when dealing with acute conditions such as fractured bones or life-threatening infections. It is less successful against ailments not susceptible to the quick ministrations of scalpel, antibiotic or miracle drug. Trained to consider mind and body separately, physicians are often helpless in arresting the advance of most of the chronic diseases, such as breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and even Alzheimer’s disease.

    Gabor Maté has found that in all of these chronic conditions, there is a common thread: people afflicted by these diseases have led lives of excessive stress, often invisible to the individuals themselves. From an early age, many of us develop a psychological coping style that keeps us out of touch with the signs of stress. So-called negative emotions, particularly anger, are suppressed. Dr. Maté writes with great conviction that knowledge of how stress and disease are connected is essential to prevent illness in the first place, or to facilitate healing.

    When the Body Says No is an impressive contribution to current research on the physiological connection between life’s stresses and emotions and the body systems governing nerves, immune apparatus and hormones. With great compassion and erudition, Gabor Maté demystifies medical science and, as he did in Scattered Minds, invites us all to be our own health advocates.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPost Hypnotic Press Audio
    Release dateDec 21, 2011
    ISBN9781926910819
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    When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress
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    Gabor Maté

    Gabor Maté is a retired physician who, after 20 years of family practice and palliative-care experience, worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in twenty-five languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. For his ground-breaking medical work and writing, he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. To learn more, join his e-news list at www.drgabormate.com.

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    • 4/5
      An important book for anyone who wants to avoid getting, or heal from, serious health problems as we grow older. Necessary reading to understand how our body and health is connected to our thoughts and experiences.
    • 4/5
      I found this book helpful in working through a situation of medical illness and suicidal depression.

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    • 5/5
      This book is a must read for anyone who wonders why they feel down, why they feel tired, why they feel drained. This is a must read, period. I have had the privilege of meeting and doing personal work with Dr. Mate and this book, as with his others, resonates long past the last page. Finishing reading this book is only the beginning. I cannot recommend this book, or Dr Maté's other books highly enough. If you ever, ever get a chance to work with him (attend a seminar etc) seize the opportunity - you will not forget it.

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    • 4/5
      I like Maté's books. They are a breath of fresh air about topics i have read about elsewhere but without all the drama and messianic heat. They are also sensible, informative, and in the behaviors taken from human examples, so Canadian specific. What can I say? We're not allowed to talk about money...not if we're polite. Neither is it the least bit nice to lead off a conversation with 'What do you do for a living?' That's a huge inconvenience on a first date when you really need to know if he lives with his mother. Cancer nation.
    • 4/5
      A very good book explaining the effects of stress on the human body. It also describes the many illnesses the are caused, at least in part, by stress.