When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress

By Gabor Maté, MD

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, this acclaimed, bestselling guide provides insight into the mind-body link between illness and health, and the critical role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.

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 illlness can be the body's way of saying no to what the mind cannot or will not acknowledge. With great compassion and erudition, Dr. Maté demystifies medical science and empowers us all to be our own health advocates.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Feb 11, 2011
• ISBN: 9780307374707

Reviews for When the Body Says No

[bekka_king · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I found this book helpful in working through a situation of medical illness and suicidal depression.

[sonorandreamer-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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.

[salsabrarian · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Narrated by Daniel Mate. Recommended by a firefighter who supports traumatized colleagues. Sometimes the connections the author made between stress and illness seemed too convenient and unsupported to me (ALS sufferers tend to be "nice" people, for one) but I do believe that stress can have a physical impact on the body. It got me thinking about analyzing my past and upbringing and how it could potentially affect me. An interesting point: people can have cancer cells that never activate, so why do they differ from others with the same cancer cells that DO activate. Note: 7 A's of healing: Acceptance, awareness, anger, autonomy, attachment, assertion, affirmation.

[dmarsh451 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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.

[puckrobin · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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.

[dianemb_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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.