Wayward Member of The Family

Supernatural Psychology by Travis Langley

I was one of the many MANY people who watched the series premiere of Supernatural. Drawing on the theme of familial bonds and, more specifically, brotherly bond, this show displayed to the audience how far love and devotion can take someone in this fucked up world of theirs. And let’s not forget the most devoted but, honestly, dysfunctional pair of siblings you will ever see in a good spell. Now, on its fourteenth season, it was only a matter of time before my favorite pop psychologist does a deep dive into this popular show.

If you followed my suggestion and start reading the series, you will see that it follows a particular formula. With Dr. Travis Langley, he never takes the simple route in his psychological discussions. Instead, this brilliant genius has a great habit of thinking outside the box to tackle other topics adjacent to the central theme.

For this installment, Langley and many MANY of his colleagues decided to write pieces around the dynamic of a family (central theme), PSTD, stages of grief, the parent-child relationship among so many other things. If you look deeper into the psychology of family, you will, then, articles regarding how one brother’s psyche differs from the other’s in various field such as emotional stability, thought process, their way of handling trauma, outlook on life among other things. Yeah, it can great really dark at times but it is a dark series so…

However, the forward, which was written by Jonathan Maberry, showcased a really dark part of his past. I really like how he opened up about having an abusive father and took up martial arts to take him down. This was something I can completely relate to as I had to stand up to my demons as I got older. Granted I took a nonviolent method but not everybody is as lucky. Personally, I’m happy for the bloke.

Again, when you get the chance, get this book and his many others. I did a review about another one of his books last year as well as one for this year. Right now, he’s at ten books with two more planned for release (Yes, the books are out of order – don’t judge me):

• Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight
• The Walking Dead Psychology: Psych of the Living Dead
• Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind
• Game of Thrones Psychology: The Mind is Dark and Full of Terrors
• Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth
• Doctor Who Psychology: A Madman with a Box
• Star Trek Psychology: The Mental Frontier
• Daredevil Psychology: The Devil You Know
• Westworld Psychology: Violent Delights
• Black Panther Psychology: Hidden Kingdoms

Yep, this book gets an A+ from me.