15/06/2022
Gabor Mate on Childhood Trauma ...
"The majority of people don’t understand Trauma. They don’t see it as a psychic wound that limits their capacity to live as fully as they might, which is what trauma actually is ... "
"I’ve never met an infant who is not in touch with his gut feelings. So what happens between Infancy and Adulthood that disconnects us? It is the need for acceptance from our environment. If the environment cannot support our gut feelings and healthy emotions, then the child in order to belong, will automatically repress or suppress their emotions and their connections to themselves. Automatically we disconnect with ourselves in order to be looked after ..."
"I would say that almost every mental health disorder originates in childhood experience and originates as a coping mechanism ... ”
(Excerpts from Gabor Mate interview on Childhood Trauma)
Full interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7pV0IPWUlI
