Dr Gabor Maté: "our society denies us autonomy and meaning"... and that leads to addiction

#gabormate #addiction #trauma Doctor Gabor Maté is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His books include ""Scattered Minds: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder"", ""When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress”, ""Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers” and ""In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction”. In his second How To Academy event, he explicates his groundbreaking theory of addiction and all it encompasses: from generational trauma to willpower, from evolution to modern civilisation.
In PART 2 of his How To Academy Event, Gabor explains how modern society and consumerism leads to isolation and distraction, which in turn leads to addiction. He also shows why the idea that we should blame parents is futile, and compares modern nuclear families with hunter-gatherer and indigenous communities.
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