What's Normal is When the Emotion Matches the Circumstance

Dr. William Hedrick’s book, What’s Normal Is When the Emotion Matches the Circumstance, calls for a more rational, humane, and measurable approach to understanding our emotions—one that restores context, proportionality, and meaning to how we diagnose and treat emotional suffering. The merit of this book lies in how Hedrick draws from philosophy, psychology, biology, and common sense to reach his conclusions, thoughtfully challenging many widely held assumptions in modern psychiatry. This book doesn’t just explain emotions—it reframes them. Hedrick’s context-based model feels like a much-needed paradigm shift in the field. His years of clinical experience are illustrated on every page, and the way he integrates medicine, neuroscience, and lived observation gives the work unusual authority.  A thoughtful and compelling work, this book is highly recommended for readers interested in psychology or psychiatry.