{"product_id":"trauma-industrial-complex-how-oversharing-became-a-product-in-a-digital-world-hardcover","title":"Trauma Industrial Complex: How Oversharing Became a Product in a Digital World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDarren McGarvey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, trauma is everywhere, and 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While the increasing openness is welcome, this rise has been accompanied by a parallel explosion of disinformation and created a poorly regulated marketplace - powered by social media's financial incentives - of confusing and sometimes harmful guidance about how to deal with personal trauma. Every 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As trauma is rapidly commodified, our stories of lived experience have 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 monetizing self-help for affluent people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How did we get here? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this revealing and deeply personal book, Orwell Prize-winning author Darren McGarvey pulls back the curtain on the trauma industrial complex, tipping the sacred cows of lived experience, and sharing the hard-won wisdom gained from the calamitous events brought on by telling his own story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDarren McGarvey grew up in Pollok, Glasgow. He is a writer, hip-hop artist, broadcaster and campaigner. His bestselling and acclaimed first book Poverty Safari was awarded the Orwell Prize for political writing in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47584684966109,"sku":"9781529103892","price":44.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/9JPHuWIpoS9781529103892.webp?v=1773620211","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/trauma-industrial-complex-how-oversharing-became-a-product-in-a-digital-world-hardcover","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}