{"product_id":"trauma-industrial-complex-9781529103908","title":"Trauma Industrial Complex : The Dangers of Oversharing in a Digital World","description":"\u003cp\u003eToday, trauma is everywhere, and it seems like everybody has it. Trauma shapes public debates on education, criminal justice and healthcare. It’s cited as a root cause of addiction, mental health issues, and relationship breakdowns. It permeates media, from music and television to films and books – my own included.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the increasing openness is welcome, I’ve observed that this rise has been accompanied by a parallel explosion of disinformation. We now have a poorly regulated marketplace – powered by social media's financial incentives – filled with confusing and sometimes harmful guidance about how to deal with personal trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery day, trauma-related content drives billions of views online. Across the Western world, millions are adopting narratives of their own fragility based on ideas they’ve acquired from under-informed content creators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs trauma is rapidly commodified, I’ve seen our stories of lived experience become largely dislocated from their original social and political value: to defend the vulnerable and leverage for social change. Now, trauma stories are less about spotlighting injustice, and more about monetising self-help for affluent people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did we get here? Are the stories we are telling ourselves liberating us or keeping us trapped?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this revealing and deeply personal book, I’ll pull back the curtain on the trauma industrial complex, tipping the sacred cows of lived experience and sharing the hard-won wisdom I’ve gained from the calamitous events brought on by telling my own story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Darren McGarvey\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; government\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 Jul 2026 by Ebury Publishing.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Darren McGarvey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322216391034,"sku":"9781529103908","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781529103908.jpg?v=1790686366","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/trauma-industrial-complex-9781529103908","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}