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message 1: by Steve (last edited Feb 21, 2026 03:18PM) (new)

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Please post here to nominate books for the March 2026 book-of-the-month (BOTM). We take 3 months to read all of these books, ... a season, not a month, but it will start in March. Must have at least 300 ratings and be remotely related to trauma and/or dissociation.

Just post TITLE by AUTHOR.


message 2: by Steve (last edited Feb 21, 2026 01:46PM) (new)

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
by Gabor Maté (2022)
Pages: 576 | Rated: 4.30 | Ratings: 36k
The Myth of Normal Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté Gabor Maté
Why? It seems to be the high ranked book we haven’t read.


message 3: by Steve (last edited Feb 21, 2026 02:00PM) (new)

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A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD: Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma
by Arielle Schwartz (2020)
Pages: 192 | Rated: 4.23 | Ratings: 410
A Practical Guide to Complex PTSD Compassionate Strategies to Begin Healing from Childhood Trauma by Arielle Schwartz Arielle Schwartz
Why? In October we attempted the workbook. It isn’t an audiobook so it just didn’t happen for me, but it had promise and frankly most of them don’t. I wanted to keep trying. Now we have a 3-month span for each book. This time, I’m looking at the companion book which does have audio, though not nearly as many ratings as its workbook.

Here is the workbook, which I got on Kindle.
The Complex PTSD Workbook: A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole
by Arielle Schwartz (2017)
The Complex PTSD Workbook A Mind-Body Approach to Regaining Emotional Control and Becoming Whole by Arielle Schwartz Arielle Schwartz
Why? I didn’t get through it in October when we tried. Had promise. Not all of them do.


message 4: by Steve (last edited Feb 24, 2026 08:27PM) (new)

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Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher (2016)
Pages: 292 | Rated: 4.50 | Ratings: 1673
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher Janina Fisher


message 5: by Steve (last edited Feb 24, 2026 08:29PM) (new)

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Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
by Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2015)
Pages: 304 | Rated: 4.27 | Ratings: 3k
Childhood Disrupted How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal by Donna Jackson Nakazawa Donna Jackson Nakazawa


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