Dr. Gabor Maté
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It's protecting yourself.
You're protecting yourself.
And the part of the nervous system that freezes you, just be still.
You get through this.
Yeah.
That takes over.
So it's actually what you're ashamed about is actually the brilliance of your nervous system that protected you.
That's the first point.
Man.
The second point is, if I can ask you, how old were you when this happened to you?
Five.
And how long did it go on for?
No, but it was only one time?
One time, yeah.
Okay, who did you speak to about it?
No one.
Okay, now, you don't have kids yet.
No.
But if you did have a child five years old...
And this happened to, who would you want them to speak to?