Controlled Explosions in Mental Health: A Compassionate Guide to Understanding Why Our Brains Self-Sabotage, Self-Criticise, and Self-Harm

Have you ever wondered why your brain self-sabotages? Or why your actions seem self-defeating or destructive? This book explores how our brains have evolved to favour survival over mental well-being – creating ‘controlled explosions’ – and provides practical ways to understand, acknowledge and diffuse them.

• | Author: Charlie Heriot-Maitland
• | Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jan 23, 2026
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781032908151
• | ISBN-10: 1032908157