Our emotional pain became a product
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- Dr Gabor Maté diagnosed Prince Harry with ADD, depression, anxiety, and PTSD based on his memoir 'Spare', calling it a normal response to abnormal stress.
- Trauma has expanded beyond catastrophic events to include everyday struggles, leading to its commodification in books, podcasts, and workshops.
- Trauma is now seen as a hidden cause of various health issues, from heart disease to addiction, according to experts like Maté and van der Kolk.
- Despite widespread exposure to traumatic events, most people recover naturally, with PTSD affecting only about 7% of American adults.
- The romanticization of trauma in popular culture risks trivializing severe suffering and pathologizing normal life experiences.
- Trauma has become a moral and political category, determining who deserves compassion and resources, according to critics like Fassin and Rechtman.