Dr. Gabor Maté

So that's the primary trauma.

That's the first thing that happened.

So to answer your question, if somebody comes to me with those issues, first of all, if somebody realizes those things, I'd say,

Don't try to do this on your own.

Talk to somebody.

Yeah.

Well, look, people with addictions, at least they have the 12-step groups where they can actually talk about it and people ideally will not judge them.

It's a safe space.

It's a safe space.

Or you might have friends.

Or you might reach out to a professional.

Or you might have an intimate partner that the relationship is close enough where you can actually share this.

You know, but...

You have to bring it out of you.

By the way,

That just reminds me, this is one of the ancient Gospels written on the same time as the other Gospels, the Gospel of Thomas, in which Jesus says that what you shall bring out of you will save you.

And what you don't bring out of yourself will doom you.

He says something like that.

He was a supreme psychologist.

Wow.