Dr. Gabor Maté

I hope that answers your question.

What I heard you say is that you feel that you're too young, and you have a fear that other people will judge you as too immature, as just not ready to make a contribution.

That's what I heard you say.

Now, I can think of lots of people at age 22 who were recognized geniuses by the time they were 22.

Mozart was one of them.

composing stuff when he was 11 years old.

You know, so that age has got nothing to do with it.

That's the first point.

Second point is when you say, I feel I'm too young, that's not a feeling.

Feelings are, I'm tired, I'm hungry, I'm sad, I'm angry.

Those are feelings.

I'm too young is not a feeling.

It's a belief.

Okay, can you see the distinction?

Okay.

If a friend of yours, like at age 22, I was at university and I was writing columns for the student newspaper, would you have come to me and say, Gabor, you're just 22, you're too young to write anything?

Would you have said that to me?

How come you wouldn't have said that?

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

I'm just asking a simple question.