Gabor Maté
Person on 4 sites
Physician and author on addiction, stress and childhood development. Wrote In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and The Myth of Normal, and developed the…
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4 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain. (opens korrents.com)
“It is time to realize, then, addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a psychological and physiological response to painful life experiences.”
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Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones. (opens korrents.com)
“Childhood trauma is the template for addiction-any addiction. All addictions are attempts to escape the deep pain of the hurt child, attempts temporarily soothing but ultimately futile.”
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Trauma is not confined to terrible events: a child whose parents were too stressed or distracted to see them has been traumatized too. (opens korrents.com)
“But trauma is not restricted to horrific experiences. It refers to any set of events that, over time, impose more pain on the child than his or her sensitive organism can process and discharge.”
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Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain. (opens korrents.com)
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3 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Heal Squad (opens rcmnd.app)
“I spoke with @mariamenounos about the link between emotions and illness, and the importance of focusing on mental health, on her Heal Squad podcast. To listen to the full episode, please follow:…”
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Compassionate Inquiry Online Training (opens rcmnd.app)
“Compassionate Inquiry is an in depth teaching and distillation of the approach I have developed to working with human beings beset by personal issues, health problems that need gently guided exploration, mental health…”
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Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health (opens rcmnd.app)
“Facing Addiction in America is also the first governmental attempt to ground policy not in prejudice but in research, not in conjecture but in science. It collates an impressive body of evidence to illuminate the…”
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Heal Squad (opens rcmnd.app)