There is no such thing as normal, and not everything we observe as ‘out of the ordinary’ is pathological—far from it. In the field of mental health, it is especially important to be aware of this. Especially at a time when we are both beginning to pay due attention to mental health and also tending to medicalise any health problem. Rosa Montero, writer and journalist, offers us an astute and incisive look into the relationship between the stories we tell ourselves to keep society going and how we interpret the world, and the impacts this imbalance can have on our well-being and health.