Trauma, Healing and The Brain: Community Learning Event, Dr. Gabor Mate
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2015
- Gabor Maté is a medical doctor recently retired from active practice. He was a family physician for two decades and for seven years he served as Medical Coordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital. For twelve years he worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with patients challenged by hard core addiction, mental illness, HIV and related conditions. For two years he was the onsite physician at Vancouver’s unique Supervised Injection Site, North America’s only such facility. He is internationally known for his work on the mind/body unity in health and illness, on attention deficit disorder and other childhood developmental issues, and his breakthrough analysis of addiction as a psychophysiological response to childhood trauma and emotional loss. He is the author of four best-selling books published in twenty languages on five continents, including When The Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection and the award winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts:Close Encounters With Addiction. Gabor is the recipient of an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser University and an Honorary Degree of Law from the University of Northern British Columbia, among other awards. He frequently addresses professional and lay audiences in North America on issues related to childhood development and parenting, physical and mental health and wellness, and addiction. He is Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University. His next book, Toxic Culture: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a World of Materialism will be published in 2016.
This man & his research have made a lot of question marks i've carried around in my head for years disappear. I sure would enjoy meeting and having a chat with this brilliant man.
I’m 65 years and went through 12 years of psychotherapy when I was younger. I married for 35 years and divorced last year. Listening to this was what I needed. I broke down crying during it. I have a new outlet for everyone including myself. I’ve always been too nice. I’m learning boundaries and assertiveness finally and I’m healing a chronic condition. Hallelujah. It’s never too late. Thank you from my ❤️.
When I listen to him, I want to cry with relief that someone has the answers!
i knew the connection between illness and childhood. the study in my family of death and trauma is so evident to me. my aunt died of cancer, she said "do i have to die so everyone will get along". my brother died of m.s., he had hearing issues, criticized by my father, drinking, and another brother who died of cancer- he was the lost/forgotten child in a big family. he always felt unloved, unwanted and doomed. My mother died of a broken heart, abused by my father. I made up my mind- my nanny lived to be 95, she had values, morals and a strong belief in God...lived much alone and healthy connections- which is what i will do. My past does not define me..i choose to live an honest, joyful healthy long life, walk away from abuse.
His lectures have played a enormous part in my recovery. Thank you
I don’t have enough words to describe how much admiration I have for the immensely helpful ways Dr. Gabor has put his lectures into effect. I mean from studies to completely understandable conclusions..I sincerely hope that Western society will catch up- and quickly, to the simple facts that need to be addressed: the whole person is the part to examine thoroughly- not only the illnesses, but first, the cause. Thank you infinitely for your lifetime achievement in studying, practicing and especially, sharing your valuable knowledge! God bless.
this man is the Master of Common Sense
He is 100% right. The one thing he has left out is our education system. It's skewed for political and business gain, not the enrichment of the human race. Any scholar or professional who goes against their "education" in the university system is subject to punishment for telling the truth. Just ask Dr. Ira Price. He is Ontario's foremost expert on cannabinoid medicine and he has been punished more than any other doctor just for wanting to help people overcome physical and mental illness. As a person with Complex PTSD, we also need to address the healing process for people like me. We need to tell society that it is up to the individual HOW they want to proceed with the families who abused them and STOP telling them that 1. blood is thicker than water and 2. Make peace with your parents before it's too late. Someone like me doesn't want to keep hearing how wrong we are for trying to heal, live our lives, be free from abusers and abuse and be ok with never going back. We do NOT need society victimizing us again. I've come too far to be listening to other people's shit psychology.
Listening to this man’s voice is my new addiction
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 10 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,969 subs and > 2k hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Dr Gabor, wish I had found you before. Yes I agree that child sexual abuse is trauma which has caused my addiction and depression. I am getting better slowly, but daily . Thankyou
I have multiple sclerosis. And this guy is right. My childhood hasn't been the way it was supposed to be. And my teenage period was a nightmare, a long lasting one. I was forbidden to cry and didn't have freedom. Thank you, Gabor Mate for telling us all these
Im in my thirties and only recently learned from my family of the extent of the abuse I experienced in early childhood. my parents had to work and left me in the care of others, until they discovered the abuse. they kept this information from me even as I began to exhibit severe depression, probably ashamed of their neglect, and I was sent to a doctor who prescribed me Xanax everyday while I was undergoing puberty, leaving me utterly confused and blaming myself for everything. I’ve been through years of therapy and medication in my life, but with the revelation of how early the problems began it feels like only just now scratching the surface of understanding. I wish so badly we would shift from gaslighting, shaming and sedating traumatized people to a society that minimizes trauma in the first place.
Thank you Dr. Mate for all that you do. His books need to be taught in every medical school.
I am a demestic abuse servivor, molestation survivor and I've been seeing a doctor for 33 years and no one has told me this. This mans words are gold.
GOD this is so true . He just explained my whole life in 15 minutes . Holy fuck
Hi, I'm 19 and just wanna share my story. I grew up in a normal household. I never realized this, but now that I'm transitioning to the young adult life, I notice how my parents rarely praise me or give me physical touch as signs of affection (grew up in an asian household). I know they care about me, but somehow the need for physical touch and approval keep getting bigger and bigger. It hurts terribly when I'm in pain emotionally. For once, I just want them to ask me how I'm doing, without me having to approach them first. I do find myself procrastinating or indulging when I feel too much in pain. And they do interfere with my productivity in life, which I'm quite saddened at.
I gave up social work because I didn’t believe in what they were practicing...I always subscribed to Bowlby’s Attachment theory, which is very much what Gabor is expounding on but into adult illness!!! Thank you Gabor!
I am just reading on of your book and I wana say that for me and my family you are one of the most beautiful human in the world.Thank you for shearing your past and your path, helping me to be better person, better parent
Never heard of him. This is mind blowing to me. Though I had a problem adjusting to his accent, I like his succint and logical explanation of things. I'm not new to the subject.. But much encouraged and enlightened by his delivery. Thank you. 🌹🌹🌹