18 must-read nonfiction books like Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress by Kati Morton

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Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress

By: Kati Morton

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

We hear the terms trauma and PTSD more and more. Yet many people still believe that trauma can only…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress by Kati Morton , here is a list of 18 books like this:

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1. Healing the Shame that Binds You

By: John Bradshaw

4.09

Format: 316 pages, Paperback

“I used to drink,” writes John Bradshaw, “to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I dran… read more

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  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Hell, in my opinion, is never finding your true self and never living your own life or knowing who you are."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"True love heals and affects spiritual growth. If we do not grow because of someone else’s love, it’s generally because it is a counterfeit form of love."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

"Shame is internalized when one is abandoned. Abandonment is the precise term to describe how one loses one’s authentic self and ceases to exist psychologically."

-John Bradshaw, Healing the Shame that Binds You

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2. Dry

By: Augusten Burroughs

4.03

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

You may not know it, but you've met Augusten Burroughs. You've seen him on the street, in bars, on … read more

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  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"I was drunk from the attention"

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

"His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade."

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

"It's amazing how drunk you can be without alcohol."

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

"When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all."

-Augusten Burroughs, Dry

3. Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship

By: Laurence Heller , None

3.69

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Although it may seem that humans suffer from an endless number of emotional problems and challenges… read more

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4. Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving

By: Pete Walker

3.99

Format: 512 pages,

I have Complex PTSD [Cptsd] and wrote this book from the perspective of someone who has experienced… read more

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5. Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

By: Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's al… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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6. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

By: Stephanie Foo

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

By: Melody Beattie

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Paperback

The #1 bestseller that has helped heal millions of readers, this modern classic holds the key to un… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"We work it out, or live it out."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

"A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior."

-Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

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8. The XX Brain

By: Lisa Mosconi

4.01

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

"In The XX Brain, Lisa meticulously guides us in the ways we can both nourish and protect ourselves… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • health
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9. Washington's Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben

By: Josh Trujillo

4.03

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

A graphic novel biography of Baron von Steuben, the soldier, immigrant, and flamboyant homosexual w… read more

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  • nonfiction
Cover of Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections by Emily Nagoski

10. Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections

By: Emily Nagoski

4.14

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

An illuminating exploration of how to maintain a happy sex life in a long-term relationship, from t… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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11. Who's Afraid of Gender?

By: Judith Butler

4.02

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"Imagine if you were Jewish and someone tells you that you are not. Imagine if you are lesbian and someone laughs in your face and says you are confused since you are really heterosexual. Imagine if y…"

-Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

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12. Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

By: Aminatou Sow

3.76

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A close friendship is one of the most influential and important relationships a human life can cont… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"I love that you've known every version of me. You were there at the beginning and I want you there at the end."

-Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

"When you are obsessed with your friend's brain, it's natural to crave ordered conversations and excuses to go deeper."

-Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

"It can be extremely hard to figure out the right amount of growth and sacrifice to be devoting to a friendship, because we're not taught that friends are worth stretching for at all. Your spouse? Def…"

-Aminatou Sow, Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close

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13. Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy

By: Lindsay C. Gibson

4.42

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In this important sequel to Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents, author Lindsay Gibson o… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. The Tragedy of Heterosexuality

By: Jane Ward

4.16

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

A troubling account of heterosexual desire in the era of #MeToo Heterosexuality is in crisis. Re… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. Everyday Trauma: Remapping the Brain's Response to Stress, Anxiety, and Painful Memories for a Better Life

By: Tracey Shors

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In Tracey Shors' Everyday Traumas, a neuroscientist explores how trauma impacts the brain, especial… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"The past does not really exist -- except in the brain."

-Tracey Shors, Everyday Trauma: Remapping the Brain's Response to Stress, Anxiety, and Painful Memories for a Better Life

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16. I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

By: Cody Daigle-Orians

4.47

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

How do I know if I'm actually sexual? How do I come out as asexual? What kinds of relationship ca… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Our culture weaponizes wanting or not wanting sex across many different identities and experiences as a way to marginalize them. It's not exclusive to asexuality."

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"When confronted with someone who breaks the norm, some people find it easier to call that person's experience a fiction instead of altering their understanding of the world to include something new."

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"Anyone who asserts they're owed your disclosure is also working from the assumption that they're also owed your sexuality. And you owe no one either of those things. They're yours to share with someo…"

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

"Unlike allosexual people who make the assumption that everyone should want and enjoy sex as much as they do, sex-averse and sex-repulsed ace folks are making choices about their own bodies and their …"

-Cody Daigle-Orians, I Am Ace: Advice on Living Your Best Asexual Life

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17. The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color (The Social Justice Handbook Series)

By: Natalie Y. Gutiérrez,

4.46

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

It’s time to heal the invisible wounds of complex trauma and reclaim your mind, body, and spirit. I… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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18. The End of Trauma: How the New Science of Resilience Is Changing How We Think About PTSD

By: George A. Bonanno

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A top expert on human trauma argues that we vastly overestimate how common PTSD is and fail to reco… read more

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  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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19. The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love Story

By: Joseph Fink

3.91

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A sometimes hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and always entertaining joint memoir by Joseph F… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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20. Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress

By: Kati Morton

3.91

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

We hear the terms trauma and PTSD more and more. Yet many people still believe that trauma can only… read more

Similar categories in Kati Morton's Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress book and Kati Morton's Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress

  • self help
  • health
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • education
  • audiobook
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21. Polyvagal Prompts: Finding Connection and Joy through Guided Explorations

By: Courtney Rolfe

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Discover the remarkable ways your nervous system works in service of your safety and well-being. Po… read more

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  • psychology
  • self help

14 Top audiobook books like Traumatized: Identify, Understand, and Cope with PTSD and Emotional Stress by Kati Morton

Transform Your Habits

Dry

Augusten Burroughs

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Fight Right: How Successful Couples Turn Conflict Into Connection

Julie Schwartz Gottman

4.57

Transform Your Habits

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

Stephanie Foo

4.52

Transform Your Habits

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

Melody Beattie

4.13

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19 must-read audiobook books like What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

Transform Your Habits

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Five Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

Catherine Gildiner

4.46

Transform Your Habits

While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence

Meg Kissinger

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

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