Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma, Addiction, and Healing | The Mindspace Podcast #31
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- “Addiction is not a disease. It's an attempt to solve the problem of emotional pain.”
In this episode of the Mindspace podcast, Dr. Joe speaks with Dr. Gabor Maté, retired physician, author, and world renowned educator. Dr. Maté has more than 20 years experience in family practice and palliative care. He has worked for more than a decade at the Portland Hotel in downtown East Side Vancouver with patients who suffer from mental illness and addiction.
He is a world renowned expert in trauma, addiction, child development, psychedelics, and the relationship between stress and illness. He is the best selling author of four books like When the Body Says No and The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, for which he won the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize. And he is currently finishing his fifth book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture due out in April 2022. His works have been translated into more than 25 languages. And he also offers online video courses including Wholehearted's Healing Trauma and Addictions.
His work now centres around educating the public on the impact of trauma and human development and training therapists in Compassionate Inquiry. Compassionate Inquiry is a therapeutic method developed by Dr. Maté whose focus is on helping the patient to “recognize the unconscious dynamics that run their lives and how to liberate themselves from them.” He also just released The Wisdom of Trauma on June 8th, 2021, a movie about his life’s work.
0:00 Introduction
4:18 Gabor's Professional Identity
5:24 Gabor's Personal History with Trauma
8:08 The Effects of Trauma and Stress During Pregnancy and Childhood on Human Development
12:20 Children's Adaptation to Trauma
18:38 The Wisdom of Trauma
21:22 The Problem with the Disease Model of Addiction and the Definition of Addiction
27:13 The Root of Illness in Trauma
34:20 On the Healing Capacities of Psychedelics
39:49 Is Everyone Traumatized?
42:33 What Are You Optimistic About?
45:56 The Source of Evil in Trauma
48:12 Conclusion
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What a gift to have found your video. I was so fortunate to attend the last day of the recent Trauma Conference Summit, that featured Dr. Mate as a keynote speaker. Every word he speaks resonates deeply to all that has been arising to be seen my entire Life. At age 72..after a lifetime of being in service to others as a " wounded healer!!" LoL!.. I am now "retired" and really doing the work! as every aspect of the birth trauma surrounding my particular Life is being illuminated through whatever emotion/thought is now ready to be embraced and released. THANK you both for making this exceptional talk available to us. ALOHA from the Heart of Hawaii.
Thank you for the work !
Thank you for an insightful interview. I especially tuned in when Gabor was asked what he was optimistic about. As someone who experienced severe childhood trauma and addictions I find his critique of our toxic culture as cathartic. It’s inspiring to listen to Dr. Mate because he speaks about our culture and what a lot of traumatized children knew all along or are relieved to hear. It’s not our fault - our families and this culture is toxic. However as Dr. Mate mentioned we do have the capability as humans to heal with determined healing practices and therapies.
Hey just so you know your comment resonated with me deeply considering that I also have had severe childhood trauma at 6 years old my uncle traumatized me I never told anybody about it until a therapist years later and I didn't tell her enough details to actually implicate him I ended up taking care of him and my grandmother who always protected him and suffer for dementia from dementia and eventually was hospitalized but at that point I was so severely addicted to heroin I was unable to surely notice or care for her I ended up caring for her when she was completely gone for about 4 years and now I've completed about 5 years of jail and prison for my drug addiction I'm a
Hey just so you know your comment resonated with me deeply considering that I also have had severe childhood trauma at 6 years old my uncle traumatized me I never told anybody about it until a therapist years later and I didn't tell her enough details to actually implicate him I ended up taking care of him and my grandmother who always protected him and suffer for dementia from dementia and eventually was hospitalized but at that point I was so severely addicted to heroin I was unable to surely notice or care for her I ended up caring for her when she was completely gone for about 4 years and now I've completed about 5 years of jail and prison for my drug addiction I'm a
Just reading your comment to help me a lot to know that a traumatized child that grew into a blooming adult that has her own son and now is completely lost as to how to teach him besides the people around her who are trying to help her but she's just sees it is hurtful sometimes because it's scary to trust after you've hurt so much it's nice to know in a way that I'm not alone and I look at each talk Gabor mate does and am dumbfounded by the way he articulates how we look at the world as traumatized people versus people that either are short on empathy or strong in preconceptions and judgement and are quick to offer the lack of understanding in lieu of support. My son's father is a wonderful man and he is a non addict and I attempt to explain my rational or lack of and find myself playing Gabor Mate in the background as I taper off at the methadone clinic as I have desperately tried to quit methadone for seven years unsuccessfully I may add, but I am trying
Dreams are the railroad of the unconscious right?
Just had your latest book arrived. Been looking forward to this the whole year, to read your wisdom.
I know already this is going to be a deeply resonating journey.
Thank you for your service to this world🙏🏼🌟💜
44 minutes in critical explained. God this is brilliant. "Completely optimistic about the human capacity to receive and grow with reality and despite these social social forcedly against it that not only denies it but assaults it
Anne frank also said that she believed at the heart people were generally good. I remember being a middle school outcast and I resonated with her diary. I wanted to understand everyamd anything I could to really understand god I wish I could actually speak with Gabor Mate as I find him absolutely inspiring a d a voice to what I thought was voiceless in me I will find the courage to move forward with the wisdom and encouragement that he offers though and who knows maybe I'll telly own story of someone could be helped than what a blessing it will be. I have never found someone more absolutely inspiring in our time period as Gabor Mate what a compassionate and wonderful soul he has that shines out to the darkness but according to him we all have that potential what a wonderful opportunity to keep on trying when you still can
I'm glad to be here. And surprised too.
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"We seem to be living in an age of trauma...," so great time to have a(nother) child, right? WRONG! Gabor's critique of the 12-step "disease" model of alcoholism/addiction is right on! Far too many of us recovering alcoholics/addicts want to ignore the traumas/fears/pains/memories that drove us to seek out and become obsessed with/addicted to anesthetic substances/behaviors. In my case, it was the childhood sexual abuse and emotional abandonment by a father who had received an identical treatment by his father. Both left me with lifelong PTSD and severe anxiety, never broached in my own psychiatric career or alcoholism treatments (3). However, 12-step groups (thousands!) provided the "protection and care" that I had always sought in my addictions, and the truth of my abuse came rolling out. Apparently, my Higher Power (God) finally found me ready for the truth. Thanks, Gabor! Stress R Us
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Not sure how to start on my childhood trauma .. I remember the first hard trauma was at the age of 3, my brother almost died due to his appendix brust and mom was stressed as she had more attention on him and not responding to my brother, old sister and myself.. then another situation that I at the age 5 had broke my pelvic and had a devastating situation .. few years later broke the growth plate in my toe by a heavy trunk that my brother wanted to move ..after that I had a bicycle pedal in my calf from a boy that was to small for the bicycle and didn't have control and we collied and then a traumatic situation again .. as I grew up things were worst .. I know that I have compensated for all my traumatic institutions and alot of amnesia of my childhood .. this is just a being on my childhood and now it's coming up more in my adult life ..
is that a trama to children
I got no trauma I got no addictions
can u help me there is no one in mass to help with what you talk about. I had a bad life alot messed up stuff..u intresd in helping me live rest my life happy
I think he's blowing smoke... truth is u dont heal. You can lessen the effects of trauma, but the damage is done. Few ppl have worked as hard as me to reverse the effects of early childhood trauma, but still suffer in my old age... albeit, not as much, but i dont consider myself healed.
what if there farther girlfriend did not wash there three little girls for 5 years wtf