Dr. Gabor Maté
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You're 22 and you're saying to yourself, I'm too young.
But you would not have said that to me at age 22.
I didn't have YouTube.
There wasn't YouTube then, but there was a newspaper that I wrote for.
Why would you have not said to me, God, but you're too young to do this.
How come?
Oh, so there's different rules for you and me, is that right?
Well, here's what I'm thinking.
Are you willing to apply the same rules to both of us?
Then just apply the same rule to yourself.
As a matter of fact, even if a friend of yours, who is your age, said, hey, I got this idea of a YouTube channel, I'll make a contribution and express myself.
Would you say to them, hey, you're too young?
No.
So again, notice what I referred to before as the lack of self-compassion.
And just notice it.
Now don't judge yourself for lacking self-compassion.
Just notice it.
And then make an effort to treat yourself the way that you treat me or anybody else.
And you'll be just fine.
Now you know what?